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.

HSCC CWG urges halting NPRM, calls for joint cybersecurity policy reform to boost healthcare resilience
The Cybersecurity Working Group (CWG) within the U.S. Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) has called on the country’s federal administration to work