Revista de Saúde e Informática Médica

An Overview of Health Analytics

Abstract

Wullianallur Raghupathi*,Viju Raghupathi

Objectives: We examine the emerging health analytics field by describing the different health analytics and
providing examples of various applications.
Methods: The paper discusses different definitions of health analytics, describes the four stages of health analytics,
its architectural framework, development methodology, and examples in public health.
Results: The paper provides a broad overview of health analytics for researchers and practitioners.
Conclusions: Health analytics is rapidly emerging as a key and distinct application of health information technology.
The key objective of health analytics is to gain insight for making informed healthcare decisions.