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Applications of Big Data in Healthcare: Theory and Practice

Applications of Big Data in Healthcare: Theory and Practice

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Applications of Big Data in Healthcare: Theory and Practice unites healthcare with Big Data analysis to solve industry challenges, emphasizing data repositories, challenges, and concepts for data scientists, engineers, and clinicians.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 310 pages
Publication date: 12 March 2021
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc


Applications of Big Data in Healthcare: Theory and Practice is a comprehensive guide that delves into the realm of Big Data analysis and its practical applications in the healthcare sector. The book begins by providing a foundational understanding of Big Data, encompassing its definition, characteristics, and the tools and processes involved in its analysis. It seamlessly integrates healthcare with Big Data analysis, harnessing the latter's advantages to address the challenges faced by the former.

The authors shed light on the numerous challenges faced by the healthcare industry, including the capture, storage, search, sharing, and analysis of vast amounts of data. They offer insightful perspectives on these challenges and propose innovative solutions, with a primary focus on data repositories, challenges, and concepts for data scientists, engineers, and clinicians.

Over the past few years, the applications of Big Data in healthcare have experienced remarkable growth, driven by its ability to handle large data streams and extract valuable insights from complex, noisy, heterogeneous, longitudinal, and voluminous data. The primary objectives of Big Data in the healthcare sector revolve around developing innovative approaches to provide personalized healthcare to patients by leveraging the vast amounts of existing data.

The book provides a wealth of knowledge and practical insights for healthcare professionals, researchers, and students interested in leveraging Big Data to improve patient outcomes and advance healthcare research. It serves as a valuable resource for anyone seeking to stay updated with the latest developments and applications in this rapidly evolving field.

Weight: 644g
Dimension: 192 x 235 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780128202036

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