Healthcare has strong geographical ties. There are endless determinants that affect the health of an individual, including physical, social, economic, and cultural considerations. While every individual will have a unique compilation of these factors that will contribute to their health, looking at determinants at the population level allows for more<span. . .

Whether you work in marketing, strategy, finance, technology, product development or analytics, data is likely an important driver of your work. Words like ‘big data’ or ‘data visualization’ can be intimidating to those who do not fall under roles like data architect or analyst, but it doesn’t have to be.<span. . .

The 2015 HALICON (Healthcare Analytics Lean In Conference) took place October 23, 2015. HALICON is Minnesota’s premier event for Data Science in Life Science and Healthcare, run by MinneAnalytics, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving Minnesota’s data science and analytics community.