Big Data Analytics for Big Medical Data—Tools Applications and Challenges

The Internet has transformed the computer and communications world, which brings loads of information to our fingertips, resulting in the rise of big data at an unbelievable speed. Every organization today performs different analytics on big data for better and potential decision-making. Health organizations are also adding to the increase of big medical data through sources, including electronic medical records of hospitals and patients, medical examination reports, medical device results, and many more. Innovative digital and wearable devices create vast amounts of health data, adding more to big medical data. Practical analysis of this data is essential to improving the healthcare system. The existing traditional data analytics tools and frameworks may not be capable of processing this voluminous data. Today, many systems are adopting big data tools and techniques for advanced data analytics and better decision-making. This paper introduces big medical data in health care, applications, and benefits of big data analytics in health care. We also present the technological progress of significant data and challenges in healthcare systems.