March 2020
Beginner to intermediate
288 pages
7h 21m
English
Content preview from Transforming Healthcare Analytics
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Foreword
by James Taylor 1
I have been working with advanced analytics for nearly 20 years. The market has matured dramatically to the point where analytics, machine learning, and AI are now common topics of conversation in every industry. Once, analytic models were handcrafted for a few high-value scenarios. Now, companies are automating the creation of advanced analytics and using them to solve a wide range of problems. The time to develop and deploy advanced analytics has gone from months to seconds, even as the amount of data being analyzed has exploded. Every industry is focused on being more data-driven and healthcare is no exception.
Tho and I met many years ago through our work as faculty members of the International Institute for Analytics. We have a shared interest in the technologies and approaches of analytics and in how organizations can truly take advantage of their data.
Healthcare is an industry that impacts everyone throughout their life. New drugs, new treatments, and new understanding drives continual and rapid innovation. Yet even as healthcare technology and treatments get more effective, populations in many countries are struggling with older populations and an epidemic of obesity. Drug resistance is an increasing problem and costs continue to rise. The healthcare industry needs to find ways to use data to tackle these and many other challenges.
Healthcare organizations have a particular challenge when it comes to analytics. Healthcare data is uniquely ...
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