Big data analytics is a growth area with the potential to provide useful insight in healthcare.
Whilst many dimensions of big data still present issues in its use and adoption, such as …

Big Data has been a buzzword in the IT sector for a few years now. It has attracted attention
from researchers, industry and academia around the world. This chapter is intended to …

Objectives The main purpose of this study was to explore whether the use of big data can
effectively reduce healthcare concerns, such as the selection of appropriate treatment paths …

The information stored in healthcare systems has increased over the last ten years, leading
it to be considered Big Data. There is a wealth of health information ready to be analysed …

The current study performs a systematic literature review (SLR) to synthesise prior research
on the applicability of big data analytics (BDA) in healthcare. The SLR examines the …

Background: The volume of data, the velocity with which they are generated, and their
variety and lack of structure hinder their use. This creates the need to change the way …

Background Multiple attempts aimed at highlighting the relationship between big data
analytics and benefits for healthcare organizations have been raised in the literature. The …

Over the past decade, data recorded (due to digitization) in healthcare sectors have
continued to increase, intriguing the thought about big data in healthcare. There already …

Purpose This study aims to provide a picture of the current state of art in the use of big data
for decision-making processes for the management of health-care organizations …

Our century has been described as the electronic age and every day new technologies or
applications, that generate data with exponential rates, are emerged. As a consequence, all …