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Data Analytics in Healthcare: Defining the Most Common Terms

August 23, 2023 - Big data analytics play an increasingly significant role in improving care quality, patient outcomes, operational efficiency, and cost reduction for healthcare stakeholders. But navigating the healthcare data analytics landscape requires understanding a few key concepts. The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) characterizes data analytics as “analysis of...

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