Data and analytics systems offer a real chance for serious health breakthroughs in ways that continue to surprise practitioners and patients alike.
By Malibu Kothari

Data, data, data. It can sometimes feel like an overwhelming flood of information, but parsed the right way, data can deliver valuable insights and guide users toward practical recommendations. This has been historically true for Canada’s health care system from an academic perspective, but increasingly data systems are also having real-world impacts on businesses and patients who never thought statistical analysis would guide them to better health outcomes.

Understanding how analytical fr....