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Big Data: An Opportunity for Data Scientists & Data Analysts

Tom Spencer

Data analytics is a subfield of data science that involves examining large data sets to identify trends, develop charts, and create visual presentations to help business leaders and government officials make better decisions. Prateek Natani is an Associate Consultant at KPMG, and completed a Computer Science Engineering degree in June 2020.

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How Health Care Providers Can Ensure Patients’ End-of-Life Wishes Are Known

Harvard Business

Some health systems, such as the University of Michigan, have developed protocols that would alert providers with EMR advisories of incomplete ACPs so that they can give patients advance-directive packets to fill out at home or with the help of a social worker. Here are our recommendations. Build a national registry. Engage the public sector.