Jennifer Bresnick: 3 main types of big data analytics

1. Descriptive analytics can tell organizations what has already happened by using historical datasets to report upon events in the past.
2. Predictive analytics tell users what is likely to happen by using historical patterns to infer how future events are likely to unfold.
3. Prescriptive analytics takes prediction one step further by showing providers what they can do about it. Essentially, it’s decision support.

Source: Health IT Analytics, August 31, 2017
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