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Data science is an interdisciplinary field based on the practice of information gathering and gaining insights through analysis. Data science combines elements of statistics, computer science, and analytical techniques.
Practitioners are known as data scientists, and their work helps create predictive models and algorithms used for trend analysis and decision-making. Data scientists are found in business, academia, research, and many other fields. In healthcare, data science emerged as a critical skill after the mass adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems and other health information technology (HIT).
The History and Practice of Data Science
Although proficiency with data and analytical skills have long been components of computer science, the field of data science only emerged in the Web 2.0 era. The term “data scientist” was coined in 2008 by LinkedIn’s DJ Patil and Facebook’s Jeff Hammerbacher. The two data and analytics leaders noted a shift in how data was collected and used, given the petabytes of information that many organizations were then working with.
Since then, several technology tools have become standard parts of data science, such as the statistical programming language R, Apache Hadoop, NoSQL databases, and cloud computing platforms.
What Is a Data Scientist’s Role in Healthcare?
Data scientists now play a critical role in healthcare. Data scientists and analysts for personalized diagnoses and treatment plans, research and clinical trials, operational efficiency, healthcare fraud detection, and many other beneficial functions use the data from EHR and HIT systems.
Some of the tools that healthcare data scientists regularly use include data warehouses and infrastructure applications such as Citrix. They should also be familiar with data conversion and discrete data techniques.
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