Data Quality Challenges in Healthcare Claims Data : Experiences and Remedies

Abstract

The current trend in Big Data Analytics and in particular Health information technology is towards building sophisticated models, methods and tools for business, operational and clinical intelligence, but the critical issue of data quality required for these models is not getting the attention it deserves. The objective of the paper is to highlight the issues of data quality in the context of Big Data Healthcare Analytics. The common sources of errors, the consequence of these errors and potential solutions to mitigate errors are discussed in the healthcare context.