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Data Mining for the Masses and Correlation Matrices
I’m working through Data Mining for the Masses (yes, at the same time as I’m working through Machine Learning for R.) I’ve found that hitting the same topic from multiple angles helps to embed the concepts and lessons much more … Continue reading
Posted in Data Science, Information Technology
Tagged data mining, databases, IBM, Machine Learning, RapidMiner, SAP, SAP AG, SPSS
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Data Analysis With R
I’ve been working my way through the Machine Learning for Hackers book from O’Reilly press (which really should be named R for Machine Learning), and just finished a small data analysis project in R. While the syntax is a little … Continue reading
The Penn Data Store and Medical Data Integration
Here is the second poster presentation from the NEDB 2013 conference at MIT. The conference was on Feb. 1, 2013, and was a boat-load of fun. ABSTRACT: As a premier research institution, the University of Pennsylvania harbors numerous databases: these … Continue reading
Posted in Careers And Work, Education, Genetics, Information Technology, Resource-a-rama
Tagged CCHIT-certified data warehouse, Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology, clinical data warehouse, Clinical research, data integration, Data warehouse, Medical record, Medical research, Penn, Penn Data Store, United States, University of Pennsylvania
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The Future of Health Data
Here is the poster that I presented at the New England Database Conference 2013, held over at MIT‘s Stata Center in Cambridge, MA. I’ve also excised the abstract for ease of reading (and so that Google will zero in on … Continue reading
What Does an IT Manager Do?
I had a chance to catch up with my high school friend, who now works it IT. He’s been in tech for over 10 years, but originally has a BS in Economics, with a minor in CIS – this was … Continue reading
Epic Systems, Epic Certification, and the future of EMRs
Well, I just finished my second round of classes in the Epic EMR system. The first time, I trained in MyEpic/Radar and Reporting Workbench – and I successfully passed the certification exams for these two modules (for lack of a … Continue reading
Posted in Careers And Work, Information Technology
Tagged Cyclops, Electronic medical record, EMR, Epic, Forbes, Medical record, Mordor
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Working in Healthcare IT
Part of the appeal of working in IT is that there should be a constant stiving to learn and excel. Programming and technology depends on being cutting-edge, staying ahead of the curve. As someone who works at Symantec once told … Continue reading
Posted in Careers And Work, Information Technology, Wordplay and Commentary
Tagged Computer science, Departments, DeVry University, Electronic medical record, enterprise-it, Health, Health informatics, Informatics, Information technology, it-security, medicare reimbursements, Medicine, science, Stuxnet, Symantec, technology, Unemployment, Universities
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Free Online Public Data Sources: An Annotated Bibliography
Free Online Health Data Sources: An Annotated Bibliography By William Murakami-Brundage 1st edition, February 2012 There exists a shortage of usable data sets and public health data. Whether your interest is biomedical engineering, health informatics, data mining, or public health … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Libraries, Education, Information Technology, Resource-a-rama, The Cloud
Tagged Annotated bibliography, CaBIG, California, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS Data Compendium, data mining, Medicaid, Medicare, National Cancer Institute, Open data, United States
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What Does a Data Analyst Do?
What does a data analyst do? As a data analyst, someone typically handles data coming from or going into a data warehouse or business intelligence system. They compile the reports, verify the quality (integrity), and use the data to assist executive- … Continue reading
Posted in Careers And Work, Education, Information Technology
Tagged Big Data, Business intelligence, business intelligence system, Data analysis, data mining, Data warehouse, Data Warehousing, database application design, database management systems, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Oracle Database, query language sql, RapidMiner, relational database management, Relational database management system, relational database management systems, SQL
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Don’t Get Lazy, and Learn for Life
I am enrolled in Drexel‘s MSIS, and have only a few classes to go. Currently, I’m finishing up my pre-req courses to finish the Masters of Science in Information Systems (MSIS). Before this, I completed my MSLIS (MS Library and … Continue reading →