Big data analytics in healthcare: promise and potential
Health Information Science and SystemsPublished 7 February 2014Open access
Wullianallur Raghupathi, Viju Raghupathi
Citations2,973
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SJR score0.86
SNIP1.39
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The paper describes the nascent field of big data analytics in healthcare, discusses the benefits, outlines an architectural framework and methodology, describes examples reported in the literature, briefly discusses the challenges, and offers conclusions.
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Big data analytics in healthcare is evolving into a promising field for providing insight from very large data sets and improving outcomes while reducing costs. Its potential is great; however there remain challenges to overcome.
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