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held in an unstructured format. Ex- amples of unstructured data include word documents, emails and free text blocks in computer programs. Image, audio and video data, and information harvested from social media sites and Twitter archives are other examples of unstructured data. Data analytics is the process of extracting meaning- ful insights from a large volume of diverse data. This process utilizes various data tools to extract, clean and aggregate data to prepare the informa- tion for further analysis. This analysis usually involves modeling the data to discover meaningful patterns. The

ultimate output of the process is pre- dictive analytic information that can be used to anticipate future events and prescriptive analytic information that can be used to impact future events. Endnotes 1 Gandomi, Amir, and Murtaza Haider. 2015. “Beyond the Hype: Big Data Concepts, Methods, and Analytics.” International Journal of Information Management 35 (2): 137–44. 2 Raghupathi, Wullianallur, and Viju Raghupathi. 2014. “Big Data Analytics in Healthcare: Promise and Potential.” Health Information Science and Systems 2 (February): 3. 3 Jones, Nathan P., W. Layne Dittmann, Jun Wu, and Tyler Reese. 2018. “AMixed Methods Social Network Analysis of a Cross-Border Drug Network: The Fernando Sanchez Organization

(FSO).” Trends in Organized Crime , October. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-018-9352-9.

John J. Hagan, M.D. is the staff physician and state correctional health authority at the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Vamsi Chandra Kassivajjala is a senior vice president of Practo (co-founder and CEO of Enlightiks - Sold to Practo) and is also a board member with The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society – Asia Pacific. Guy Scalzi is the co-founder and CEO of Vantari, LLC, an advisory and operating company with interests in healthcare technology and advanced analytics.

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