Benefits and challenges of Big Data in healthcare: an overview of the European initiatives.

Healthcare systems around the world are facing incredible challenges due to the ageing population and the related disability, and the increasing use of technologies and citizen's expectations. Improving health outcomes while containing costs acts as a stumbling block. In this context, Big Data can h...

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Published in:European Journal of Public Health Vol. 29; pp. 23 - 28
Main Authors: Pastorino, Roberta, Vito, Corrado De, Migliara, Giuseppe, Glocker, Katrin, Binenbaum, Ilona, Ricciardi, Walter, Boccia, Stefania
Format: review tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA 2019 Supplement
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          Pastorino, Roberta
          Vito, Corrado De
          Migliara, Giuseppe
          Glocker, Katrin
          Binenbaum, Ilona
          Ricciardi, Walter
          Boccia, Stefania
        affil: Sezione di Igiene, Istituto di Sanità Pubblica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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          Patient Care
          Data Analytics
          Health Care Costs
          Health Care Delivery
          Outcomes (Health Care)
          Public Health
          Health Facilities
          Gerontologic Care
          Decision Making, Clinical
          Stakeholder Participation
      ab: Healthcare systems around the world are facing incredible challenges due to the ageing population and the related disability, and the increasing use of technologies and citizen's expectations. Improving health outcomes while containing costs acts as a stumbling block. In this context, Big Data can help healthcare providers meet these goals in unprecedented ways. The potential of Big Data in healthcare relies on the ability to detect patterns and to turn high volumes of data into actionable knowledge for precision medicine and decision makers. In several contexts, the use of Big Data in healthcare is already offering solutions for the improvement of patient care and the generation of value in healthcare organizations. This approach requires, however, that all the relevant stakeholders collaborate and adapt the design and performance of their systems. They must build the technological infrastructure to house and converge the massive volume of healthcare data, and to invest in the human capital to guide citizens into this new frontier of human health and well-being. The present work reports an overview of best practice initiatives in Europe related to Big Data analytics in public health and oncology sectors, aimed to generate new knowledge, improve clinical care and streamline public health surveillance.
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