The link between statistical methods and healthcare is not a new one, but the volume of

available data to inform healthcare decisions and the use of data science in the medical
industry has exploded in recent years. 

Biostatisticians play a key role in the public health landscape, allowing scientists to support
decisions made about patient care and better focus medical research, and to make sense of all
of that available data.

It is important to understand the science and statistical principles behind the decision-making,
and how important biostatistics is to the efficacy and efficiency of healthcare delivery and
patient care.