IDG Contributor Network: Weather or not: Thunderstorms and healthcare predictive analytics

With the summer thunderstorm season now upon us, many Americans are checking the forecast with a fresh sense of urgency, hoping for good news and spot-on accuracy that helps them avoid a rained-out barbecue or unexpectedly soaked summer outing.Of course, the forecast sometimes gets it wrong. A storm that was supposed to “just miss us” instead settles in and drops two days of drenching rain—or, alternatively, a much-ballyhooed front turns out to be little more than cloud-cover t