Statistics in Healthcare: The Use of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) (Essay Sample)

Statistics in Healthcare
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Statistics in Healthcare
Biostatistics was one of the areas of the contexts in which statics was being used to manage the healthcare system. Identifying various biological factors that caused disease and recording them was vital in developing preventive interventions that enabled the society to enhance their wellbeing. Identifying and classifying various diseases and how they affected people in the society was essential in building a more informed medical field (Faltin, Kenett & Ruggeri, 2012). Various studies could be conducted and data collected and analyzed used different statistical approaches. In the 18th century, mathematical and probability theories were developed. These were essential statistical factors to the delivery of better healthcare for the patients. In the 19th century American Statistical Association was formed in Massachusetts, and Boston. The government started using collected data for data analysis which later could be used for healthcare purposes (Bottle, 2021). This where the use of epidemiology began. Health relates states, events, and relationships between various events and healthcare needs was developed