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EPIM 6095 Application of Health Care Analytics ()

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The reform and transformation of the American health care system requires that students and ultimately managers, at all levels, become proficient in the broadly defined field of analytics. Health Care Analytics will build on the disciplines of information systems technology, data sciences and the application of quantitative methods as they are applied business decision making in operations, management, planning and strategic initiative. As a survey course relying upon several technical disciplines, the prerequisites include an understanding of the healthcare business environment, fundamental knowledge of data management, spreadsheet, and visualization tools (Excel, Access and SQL) and an introductory level training in basic statistics.

Prerequisites: Introduction to Epidemiology and Introduction to Biostatistics