Data analytics in healthcare combines analytics software with big datasets to extract valuable insights, improving patient care and reducing costs. This is done through four types of analytics: descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive. The analysis relies on a large pool of big data from various healthcare sources. Despite challenges like data quality, privacy concerns, and skilled workforce shortage, data analytics is transforming healthcare with applications like predicting patient condition changes, improving diagnosis accuracy, and managing population health.

Sonatype reports rise in open source malware to 17,954
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