December 9, 2019

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Transforming healthcare through precision data science: Myths and facts

Transforming healthcare through precision data science: Myths and facts

Healthcare, a $3 trillion industry, is ripe for disruption through data science. However, there are many challenges in the journey to make healthcare a truly transparent, consumer-centric, data-driven industry. Sriram Vishwanath shares some myths and facts about data science's impact on healthcare.


Talk Title	Transforming healthcare through precision data science: Myths and facts
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Conference	Strata + Hadoop World
Conf Tag	Make Data Work
Location	New York, New York
Date	September 27-29, 2016
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Healthcare, a $3 trillion industry, is ripe for disruption through data science. However, there are many challenges in the journey to make healthcare a truly transparent, consumer-centric, data-driven industry. Sriram Vishwanath explains where data science can have massive impact in healthcare and dispels myths where its apparent use contradicts realities within the healthcare ecosystem.

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