Big Data Analytics and Intelligence : A Perspective for Health Care

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Editors -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Chapter 1-Big Data Analytics and Intelligence: A Perspective for Health Care -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Big Data Overview -- 3. Big Data Applications in Health Care -- 3.1.1. Levels of Staffing. Staffing levels are set by administrators of the particular organization and these factors are influenced by various forces such as budgetary considerations and features of local nurse labor markets. The administrative departmen -- 3.1.2. Outcomes. Capturing and analyzing the patient information helps in generating a summarized report so that it can be used in later stages for better understanding. Even though it has resulted in great success still this method is very challenging be -- 3.1.3. Conclusion. A difference can be seen in healthcare sections where staffing is less when compared to institutions where staffing is more. Most of the researches that were conducted suggest that if nurses appointed are less than required it creates u -- 3.2. Electronic Health Records. Needs and Advantages -- 3.2.1. Introduction. The most important task of EHR is to help in understanding the medical background of patients with the help of electronic mechanism rather than using traditional techniques of maintaining papers or folders. This helps in reducing time -- 3.2.2. Importance for Improving Efficiency and Productivity. One of the main aims of maintaining EHR is that it helps to retrieve information's regarding the patients whenever required. Lab results can be gathered from decades ago with less amount of time -- 3.2.3. Application. The application of EHRs ranges from government sectors to financial sections of various industries. Few of the applications and the expected outcomes from the particular industries are as follows.