ABSTRACT
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Hospitals and healthcare institutions nowadays are collecting large amounts of data about their
patients. Utilizing these healthcare data requires developing advanced data mining and analytical
capabilities that can transform data into meaningful intelligence. This can have far-reaching con-
sequences on our society. A recent study [4] showed that the incorporation of current healthcare
technology, such as automated records and clinical decision support systems led to reductions in
mortality rates, costs, and complications in multiple hospitals. The premise is that mining and un-
derstanding healthcare data would transform medical care delivery from being reactive to become
proactive (i.e., by predicting patients that are prone to medical complications and start treating them
as early as possible).
