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Activity Number: 288
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Survey Research Methods Section
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Title: Big Data and Advanced Analytics in Radiology Precision and Pre-Emptive Patient Care
Author(s): Nasser Fard and Jean Hosseini*+ and Scott Cameron
Companies: Northeastern University and Intelek and Medical Clinic
Keywords: Healthcare ; Big Data ; Advanced Analytics ; Radiology ; Patient Care
Abstract:

The ever growing size, variety and velocity of data in healthcare industry are getting beyond the ability of typical database tools for storing and analysis. Healthcare Industry has to deal with and utilize data to better its mission of patient care and prevention. Data preprocessing techniques; data cleaning, data integration, data transformations and data reduction will significantly improve knowledge mining from data. How well healthcare industries are managing the data explosion and capitalizing on the opportunities it presents, and to what extent they are extracting value from the data at their disposal are important to improve health care efficiency. For example; this situation is more profound in radiology discipline as radiologists have to deal with, analyze and make rapid decisions based on vast and tremendous amount of data that comes in various forms. The industry is moving toward the aggregation and analysis of information - a term commonly referred to as advanced analytics and big data. This paper discusses the growth of big data and utilization of advanced analytics in medical field. It explores how radiology can be benefited from utilizing advanced analytics and sol


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