What is experimentation Experiments are ways to obtain information about whether doing something leads to the outcome you want. For an example, if you run an email campaign to get customers to buy a product, you may want to know whether emails with video lead to better click through rate (CTR) and purchase than without … Continue reading Experiments, finding your way through trial and error
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Applying AI in real “healthcare” world
My previous post discussed Challenges to doing ML in healthcare. This one suggests ways to apply AI in that overcome these challenges to realize the potential of AI in the real “healthcare” world. Strategically Choose use cases well, and design to get quick wins to prove ROI early. You will likely encounter a lot of resistance to … Continue reading Applying AI in real “healthcare” world
Health Insurance Analytics Metrics
Health insurance is primarily in the business of receiving premium from policyholders and paying for their medical expenditure. To do that, the health insurance companies need to ensure that the premium charged is sufficient to pay for these medical and administrative costs. Analysts new to health insurance might find these concepts difficult to grasp. Some … Continue reading Health Insurance Analytics Metrics
6 steps to building a medical practice dashboard
Practice managers and division administrators are often tasked with reporting on how a medical practice is doing. This can be a daunting task, especially for those who are not yet analytics gurus. In this post, I describe the 6 steps to building a practice dashboard. 1. Understand the aim Why you're doing the report dictates … Continue reading 6 steps to building a medical practice dashboard
6 skills/traits health data analysts need
In a previous post, I wrote about the 5 reasons to switch to a health analytics career. To pursue a career in health analytics, some quantitative skills are necessary. However, to really thrive in a health analytics role, I believe softer skills and personal traits are also important. Here are 6 skills/traits health analysts need … Continue reading 6 skills/traits health data analysts need
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