Abstract
We are encountering in our daily lives more exposure to the gathering of data and its use in medical research. This intensive gathering of data or big data allows the use of statistics more than ever before as numbers are calculated, patterns are observed, and data becomes information as it is placed in context of a problem to be solved. This information has given rise to “Health Informatics” which is a combination of “Health Information Technology” as computing components, “Health Information” as collected data, and “Health Information Management” as the organizing and summarizing of information. The combination of these are used to perform and improve decision-making and value-based delivery of healthcare. Hardware, Software, Data, Procedures, and People are all key components of Health Informatics in the context of healthcare with Biostatistics harnessing large amounts of health data to accelerate decision-making. This paper looks at the application of statistical methods to the solution and decision-making in biological healthcare problems.
Presenters
Esther PearsonAssistant Professor, School of Health Sciences, Lasell University, Massachusetts, United States
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Public Health, Biostatistics, Informatics, Biomedicine
