Doctors often need to balance the urgency of medical conditions with performing thorough analysis to arrive at an accurate diagnosis. Ideally, they'd like to do both. Dr. Eric Bremer at Children's Memorial Research Center in Chicago turned to data mining and grid technology to help his organization garner speedy research results, while also per- forming thorough analysis.With nearly 3,000 children diagnosed with brain tumors in the U.S. each year and more than 12 brain tumor types, he says it's critical that doctors hit the right diagnosis — fast. Using grid technology, the hospital's director of the Brain Tumor Research Program was able to reduce the time it took a text-mining application to run from more than 24 hours to just less than an hour and 20 minutes. Aside from tapping internal resources, Bremer says he expanded his research capabilities and speeded results without adding significant cost, maintenance and IT burdens.
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