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Global Hospitals Embark On A Worldwide Medical Data Initiative

Smart Data Collective

One of the biggest developments was the implementation of the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care , which took data from 50,000 patients dating back to 2001. The market for big data analytics in healthcare is massive. Big data is changing the nature of healthcare. These are some of the issues under debate.

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Data science vs. machine learning: What’s the difference?

IBM Big Data Hub

Areas making up the data science field include mining, statistics, data analytics, data modeling, machine learning modeling and programming. ” “Data science” was first used as an independent discipline in 2001. An e-commerce conglomeration uses predictive analytics in its recommendation engine.

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Data Science at The New York Times

Domino Data Lab

The importance of data scientists having analytical technical skills coupled with the ability to clearly and concisely communicate with non-technical stakeholders. In 2001, Bill Cleveland writes this article saying, “You are doing it wrong.” or a prescriptive model? or a descriptive model?”