Predictive analytics in the era of big data: opportunities and challenges
Zhongheng Zhang
Abstract
Big data have changed the way we generate, manage, analyze and leverage data in any industries. There is no exception in clinical medicine where large volume of data is generated from electronic healthcare records, wearable devices and insurance companies (1). This has greatly changed the way we perform clinical studies.
Topics & Concepts
Big dataLeverage (statistics)Data sciencePredictive analyticsAnalyticsHealth recordsWearable computerElectronic health recordWearable technologyComputer scienceVolume (thermodynamics)Health careData miningArtificial intelligenceEmbedded systemPhysicsEconomicsQuantum mechanicsEconomic growthArtificial Intelligence in HealthcareMachine Learning in HealthcareArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education