L1, Big Data

What are the four main constituents of the medical industry?

Patients, Providers, Payers, Vendors (sellers → medical devices, pharmacologics, etc)

What is big data in healthcare

electronic health data sets so large and complex that they are difficult (or impossible) to manage with traditional software and/or hardware; nor can they be easily managed with traditional or common data management tools and methods

What is dark data

unstructured/not consumable data that is not used for any purpose

Define:

• descriptive analytics

• predictive analytics

• prescriptive analytics

• descriptive analytics = receiving the data

• predictive analytics = predict the future

• prescriptive analytics = decision-making, planning

List the techniques that enable health outcomes

• artificial intelligence and machine learning

• blockchain technology: private and secure transactions

• predictive analytics

• data science