How Data Science Is Transforming Health Care

by Tim O'Reilly, Mike Loukides, Julie Steele

In the early days of the 20th century, department store magnate John Wanamaker famously said, "I know that half of my advertising doesn't work. The problem is that I don't know which half." That remained basically true until Google transformed advertising with AdSense based on new uses of data and analysis. The same might be said about health care and it's poised to go through a similar transformation as new tools, techniques, and data sources come on line. Soon we'll make policy and resource decisions based on much better understanding of what leads to the best outcomes, and we'll make medical decisions based on a patient's specific biology. The result will be better health at less cost. This paper explores how data analysis will help us structure the business of health care more effectively around outcomes, and how it will transform the practice of medicine by personalizing for each specific patient.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Business

30 pages, ebook

First published August 24, 2012

Reviews

[Jenny T · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok I feel like I'm cheating for checking this off as a "book" but it's on here so... yea.This is an article (I think I've read articles longer than this)...aka a free "ebook" found on Amazon and the OReilly publisher's website.

If you work in data analytics and/or healthcare, you probably won't get anything from this book. But it does a good job of summarizing some fundamental issues in the health care industry (oversimplifies quite a bit) and discusses how data- or rather, acquiring and organizing the data- can help change/ improve our future. Pretty generic overview with examples of high level solutions but a quick and easy read.

This might have been novel in 2012, but not anymore. Unfortunately we still haven't cracked the nut almost a decade later....

[Chase Kregor · Rating 2 out of 5]

An ok quick read

It is a stereotypical oreilly book. Short, sweet, informative, but just scratches the surface. Great intro to the problems and possibilities of data science in healthcare.

[Jaime Lyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Informative

Needs more detail renting implementation of the concepts presented. Subject matter is relevant in our current health care climate. Data can help produce better patient outcomes.

[Snehashis Majumdar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative

The book helps to understand the benefits of data mining in health care and how the mechanics works in a brief manner.

[Joseph Chavez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exponentially cerebral to healthcare and IT aficionados!

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[Shantanu Sharma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good bird's-eye view of big data applications in healthcare. Short on detail.