Big Data helps in saving Health Care cost

In healthcare, information comes from multiple sources and it does exist in multiple forms like images, video, text, numerical data, multimedia, paper, electronic records or what not. These all are very important in the healthcare industry. Data mean the world to them.  So it is really necessary to have the right analytical tools to analyze such huge volumes of data. Moreover, jargons used in healthcare are often alien to patients or a layman. Inconsistent definitions, unstructured data is very hard to aggregate and maintain. Hence, if big data analytics used wisely can help save hundreds of billions every year. Read the complete article here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2016/02/22/can-big-data-analytics-save-billions-in-healthcare-costs/#4fdcfd7f6253