The past decade has witnessed an explosion of electronic health data. Diagnostic images,
lab results, and biometric information are generated and stored in digital form. Key elements …

For over a decade the term “Big data” has been used to describe the rapid increase in
volume, variety and velocity of information available, not just in medical research but in …

Objectives: To summarise current research that takes advantage of “Big Data” in health and
biomedical informatics applications. Methods: Survey of trends in this work, and exploration …

Big data in health is a subject associated with many column inches and claims. It's closely
connected with other areas that are also close to the peak of the Gartner Hype Cycle …

Universally, the volume of data has increased, with the collection rate doubling every 40
months, since the 1980s.“Big data” is a term that was introduced in the 1990s to include data …

Big data, coupled with the use of advanced analytical approaches, such as artificial
intelligence (AI), have the potential to improve medical outcomes and population health …

THE AMOUNT OF DATA BEING DIGITALLY COLLECTED AND stored is vast and
expanding rapidly. As a result, the science of data management and analysis is also …

This chapter first defines briefly the meaning and key elements of Big Data, the sources of
which currently includes data from electronic health records, claim data from health …

Big Data are characterised by greater volumes of data from a greater variety of sources
which are produced and processed at greater velocity. Huge digitised datasets from …

Big Data in medical science–what exactly is that? What are the potentials for healthcare
management? Where is Big Data at the moment? Which risk factors need to be kept in …