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Table 6 Data sources used in medical facility

From: The use of Big Data Analytics in healthcare

Type of data

1

2

3

4

5

Average

Median

Information publicly available in databases

2.64

3.52

19.38

46.70

23.35

3.88

4

Reports to external units

5.73

7.05

23.35

38.33

21.15

3.65

4

Logs

11.45

21.59

20.26

26.87

15.42

3.14

3

Transaction data

11.01

14.10

20.70

31.72

18.06

3.33

4

E-mails

8.37

10.57

28.19

30.84

17.62

3.41

4

Data from medical devices

11.01

11.45

21.59

29.07

22.47

3.42

4

Data from sensors

15.42

12.78

22.47

27.31

17.62

3.20

3

Social media

21.59

22.03

27.75

16.74

7.49

2.65

3

RFID codes

25.11

17.62

23.79

23.35

5.73

2.65

3

Geolocation data

30.40

19.38

23.35

19.82

2.64

2.42

2

Phone calls

11.45

14.54

21.59

28.63

19.38

3.31

4

Audio and video data

20.26

19.38

19.82

28.63

7.49

2.83

3

  1. 1—we do not use at all, 5—we use extensively