EPM5029 Introduction to health data analytics

This unit provides you with a foundation for the study of Health Data Analytics by introducing key health, statistical and machine learning concepts. The unit commences with a discussion of the scope of health data analytics, to introduce you to the key ethical and privacy issues, provide you with a review of basic statistics and give you an overview of machine learning techniques and their applications.  You will be presented with the classification of health data analytics tasks into description, prediction and explanation. 
You will be introduced to the different sources of health data, including linked data, together with the appropriate methods for analysis and strengths and weaknesses surrounding their use. You will be involved in a discussion about the fast-changing nature of data analytics and current topics of major interest including precision and evidence-based medicine and the surge in data-driven evaluation and policy.