The owners and primary service providers of a local bariatric surgery center are considering expanding into two new markets. The new markets have demographics like the local center. To secure the needed funding, they must prepare projections of the number and types of procedures and recovery timelines, follow-up visits, and readmissions that will occur during the first year of operation. Answer the following question:

Question 1: Describe how data mining and predictive analytics could be applied in this circumstance.

 

A nurse in a center for children with developmental disabilities has noted that each year since 2020 the number of children who come to school with viral and other infections peaks following the end-of-year holidays. She wants the school to hire an additional nursing assistant for the month of January to help with the higher anticipated number of students coming to school ill. Answer the following question:

Question 2: Describe how data mining and predictive analytics could be applied in this circumstance.

 

Use this link https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/sparcs/sb/docs/sb3.pdf  to go to the NY State Department of Health website BHI Statistical Brief #3 (ny.gov) and answer the following question:

Question 3: Describe how the data included in this report could be mined to predict preventable readmission rates.