DATA MINING IN PRACTICE : An application of the CRISP-DM framework in healthcare

Sammanfattning: With extensive data available in today's organizations, it has become increasingly important to secure valuable insights through data. As a result, the management of data to support decision-making processes is receiving increasing attention in organizations' IT strategies. The healthcare sector is no exception. However, there is an urgent need for tools that help organizations extract valuable insights from the rapidly growing volumes of data, one of the most important steps of which is data mining. So far, the healthcare sector has not found a way to harness its full potential, due to limited methods to extract useful knowledge hidden in large data sets. Knowledge gained from data mining can help healthcare to better serve patients, but there is a limited comprehensive picture of applications regarding data mining processes in healthcare. Against this background, the purpose of this study is to investigate practical dimensions of the data mining process in healthcare and further identify barriers that can inhibit this process. To answer our research question, we used a qualitative case study with semi structured interviews based on the CRISP-DM framework. Our findings indicate barriers that can inhibit the data mining process, which are related to the objectives, data availability and final reports.