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Predictive Analytics in Healthcare

New predictive analytics tools keep healthcare professionals hopeful that they will reduce waste and improve care by forecasting the likelihood on an event, such as an illness, and allowing providers to treat accordingly. Despite what these tools can do for healthcare facilities, they are not being used as much as they should be due involving the wrong people and a lack of time, among other things. The success of implementing these tools in health care depends on the time, effort, and resources set aside for communication, change management, and making the tool a seamless part of user workflow.

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