A Study on Benefits of Big Data for Healthcare Sector of India

Abstract

Big data has taken the world by storm. Due to the tremendous amount of data being generated in each and every field, the use of big data has dramatically increased. Health is the heart of a nation, and thus healthcare is one of the unavoidable and best examples to be given when discussed application of big data in today’s era. Similar to western countries like US leveraging the benefits of big data starting from every simpler thing to handling the most complicated tasks, India can also utilize the potential of big data. In the present paper, we have started with the overview of healthcare sector of India in urban as well as rural areas, followed by general merits of big data in healthcare as well as domain-specific uses and ended with a broad framework depicting big data in context to healthcare sector of India.