HINF6400 (Introduction to Health Data Analytics) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.
Introduces the field of health data analytics. Topics include understanding stakeholder needs; the variety of types of health data; software tools; as well as case studies from pharma, public health, electronic health records, claims data, and home-monitoring data. Emphasizes the importance of understanding the complexity and potential biases in how health data (direct or indirect) is collected and represented. Presents all data-analytic discussions within a context of health data and stakeholder information needs. Offers students an opportunity to practice presenting the results of analyses. Requires a basic knowledge of statistics.
Data updated October 2026.