Impact of big data in healthcare: A survey

Abstract

As the volume of data generating is increasing day by day in this internet world, the term Big Data is becoming a very popular buzzword in today's market. Big Data is used in various sectors of the internet world. In this paper an effort is made to demonstrate that even the healthcare industries are stepping into Big Data pool to take all benefits from its various advanced tools and technologies. The paper presents the review of various research efforts made in healthcare domain using Big Data concepts and methodologies. The thought of Big Data can be used for better health planning. Its methodologies can be used for healthcare data analytics which helps in better decision making to increase the business value and customer interest and to provide eHealth services among various healthcare stakeholders by using messaging standards like Health Level?, Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA), message broker etc. Big Data techniques can be applied to develop systems for the early diagnosis of disease, understand connection between HATS (HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis and Silicosis) and also to develop integrated data analytics platforms. After presenting these many positive progresses of Big Data on healthcare, the paper also presents the hurdles faced by healthcare systems in using Big Data technologies. Further the paper includes the list of various Big Data tools, few case studies, few applications which are worth implementing using Big Data in healthcare followed by the concluding remarks.