Role of Big Data and Analysis in Healthcare

                        Role of Big Data and Analysis in Healthcare

Have you ever wondered if you don’t need to visit a hospital or a doctor for the treatment regarding a disease or even if it is suspected right on time?

Think about the largest car company in the world! It’s Uber, which doesn’t even own a single car. The biggest medical systems in the future will own no hospitals. It’s going to be devices which will monitor a patient’s health simultaneously for 24 hours a day. It will bring about the signs of an emerging disease and alert the patient to act on it immediately.

Now big data and analytics do just the right thing for you!

Big data and Analytics are going to help by gaining a deeper insight into a patient’s health and give exceptional results.

Let us make it simpler and understand how it actually works.

For example, a patient is suffering from diabetes and has also symptoms like irritation and stress. Now, Big Data and Analytics are going to help his physician in a way that he would have patient’s 360° view of his healthcare history. This will include his:-

1. Diet

2. Appointments

3. Exercise

4. Lab test results.

5. Vitals

6. Prescriptions

7. Treatments

8. Allergies

Now based on the lab test reports, eating habits and psychological condition of the patient, a doctor can personalize a health wellness program for his patient. Electronic gadgets will play an important role in a patient’s treatment. The devices for example :- Mobile, smart watch, tablet or a laptop will keep a track of patient’s all physical activities and share information with his physician, as the patient follows his health wellness program. Now a patient’s health information will help his physician to make a change in his health wellness program as and when required.

Big Data and Analytics will revolutionize the healthcare sector in the future to come by creating algorithms to detect and treat diseases.