TY - JOUR
T1 - Big Data and Its Utility in Social Work
T2 - Learning from the Big Data Revolution in Business and Healthcare
AU - Zetino, Jeffrey
AU - Mendoza, Natasha
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - The big data revolution and the advanced data analytics drive innovation in the diagnosis of disease, coordination of care, improved health outcomes and cost savings. The technological advancements in storing, merging and analyzing data have revolutionized the business and health-care sectors. Descriptive, predictive, diagnostic and prescriptive analyses are creating better ways to address old problems. These new tools can also revolutionize how social workers develop and deploy more efficacious strategies to address complex social challenges. The authors offer a primer on big data, data analytics, and the implications for its utility in social work.
AB - The big data revolution and the advanced data analytics drive innovation in the diagnosis of disease, coordination of care, improved health outcomes and cost savings. The technological advancements in storing, merging and analyzing data have revolutionized the business and health-care sectors. Descriptive, predictive, diagnostic and prescriptive analyses are creating better ways to address old problems. These new tools can also revolutionize how social workers develop and deploy more efficacious strategies to address complex social challenges. The authors offer a primer on big data, data analytics, and the implications for its utility in social work.
KW - Big data
KW - computational social science
KW - data analytics
KW - social work
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U2 - 10.1080/19371918.2019.1614508
DO - 10.1080/19371918.2019.1614508
M3 - Article
C2 - 31099722
AN - SCOPUS:85066078538
SN - 1937-1918
JO - Social Work in Public Health
JF - Social Work in Public Health
ER -