McKinseys report shows how big data can create an additional source of cost compensation but also improve the quality of medical care. At the core of Big Data can be combined information stored in four primary data sources, which today are not interconnected. The analysis of medical data can be of various types depending on the level of maturity (ascending): diagnostic analytics (answering the question What happened?); diagnostic analytics; predictive analytics (Why did this happen?); prescriptive analytics (What needs to be done to prevent this from happening?)”]
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