Post by Prateek Jalgaonkar

In healthcare data, one key difference shapes almost everything we build: Ambulatory Care vs. Acute Care. 🔹 Ambulatory = Quick visit care Walk in, get treated, go home. Examples: doctor visits, tests, minor procedures. Claims: Fast, simple, low cost. Data: Lots of small records → easy to process. 🔸 Acute = Serious, urgent care ER, ICU, surgeries, hospital stays. Claims: Slow, detailed, high cost. Data: Fewer records → but very complex. For data engineers and architects, this difference matters because it changes how we design tables, pipelines, checks, and dashboards. Know the care type → build better healthcare data systems. #HealthcareData #DataEngineering #HealthTech #HealthcareIT #DataArchitecture #ClaimsProcessing #HealthcareAnalytics