Smart Healthcare Approach using Big Data: Big Opportunities and Challenges

Big data’ is defined as the collection of large amount of data in digital form irrespective of the fact that it is whether structured or not. In this modern era, vast amount of data is created everywhere everyday at exponential rates. The primary objective of this paper is to provide deep analysis in the area of healthcare industry using big data. There is vast possibility of advanced patient care and decision support for physical and clinical data. As hospitals stores records of various patients and by collecting and analyzing this clinical data available from various geographical locations, we can predicts the behavior analysis and symptoms of patients under critical conditions and later by analyzing this data we can improve our medication facilities and service centers. In this article, we have discussed the usage of big data in healthcare and corresponding decision support and how the processing steps can be carried out for providing benefits to society.