This chapter is meant to introduce you to the field of healthcare analytics and is for all audiences. By the end of this chapter, you will understand the basic definition of healthcare analytics, the topics that healthcare analytics encompasses, a history of healthcare analytics, and some well-known application areas. In the second half of this chapter, we will guide you through installing the required software and provide a light introduction to Anaconda and SQLite.

In short, we will be covering the following topics in this chapter:

• Basics of healthcare analytics
• History of healthcare analytics
• Examples of healthcare analytics
• Introduction to Anaconda, Jupyter Notebook, and SQLite