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Big data analytics enhanced healthcare systems: a review

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There is increased interest in deploying big data technology in the healthcare industry to manage massive collections of heterogeneous health datasets such as electronic health records and sensor data, which are increasing in volume and variety due to the commoditization of digital devices such as mobile phones and wireless sensors. The modern healthcare system requires an overhaul of traditional healthcare software/hardware paradigms, which are ill-equipped to cope with the volume and diversity of the modern health data and must be augmented with new “big data” computing and analysis capabilities. For researchers, there is an opportunity in healthcare data analytics to study this vast amount of data, find patterns and trends within data and provide a solution for improving healthcare, thereby reducing costs, democratizing health access, and saving valuable human lives. In this paper, we present a comprehensive survey of different big data analytics integrated healthcare systems and describe the various applicable healthcare data analytics algorithms, techniques, and tools that may be deployed in wireless, cloud, Internet of Things settings. Finally, the contribution is given in formation of a convergence point of all these platforms in form of SmartHealth that could result in contributing to unified standard learning healthcare system for future.

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  1. International Islamic University, IIUI, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Sarah Shafqat, Saira Kishwer & Tehmina Amjad

  2. Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

    Raihan Ur Rasool

  3. Information Technology University (ITU), Lahore, Pakistan

    Junaid Qadir

  4. College of Computer Sciences and Information Technology (CCSIT), King Faisal University, Alahssa, Saudi Arabia

    Hafiz Farooq Ahmad

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Shafqat, S., Kishwer, S., Rasool, R.U. et al. Big data analytics enhanced healthcare systems: a review. J Supercomput 76, 1754–1799 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-017-2222-4

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