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Visualizing, Interpreting, and Disposing of Healthcare Analytics Data

October 4, 2023 - The success of a healthcare analytics project is predicated on how well project stakeholders navigate the data lifecycle, which consists of data generation, collection, processing, storage, management, analysis, visualization, interpretation, and disposal. Many of the steps ensure that the analysis itself is high-quality, but the end-of-cycle phases are necessary for the results of the...

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