Big Data In Healthcare

Using big data, analysts can can develop statistical methods that study trends and predict risks to provide target care. Healthcare organizations are giving an advanced care and prevent unnecessary utilization by using predictive models (El-Emam, Gray, Grealy, Hogle, Lichtenfeld, McGraw, & Grumet, 2013). Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York decrease its thirty-day readmission rate from thirty percent to twelve percent by target treatment effectively to high-risk patients using a predictive model. And the hospital also benefited from the decreasing number of high-risk patient to the emergency department by sixty-three percent. Besides, big data approach offers an opportunity to government healthcare organizations or others private organizations