big healthcare data: survey of challenges and privacy

The last century witnessed a dramatic leap in the shift towards digitizing the healthcare workow and moving to e-patients' records. health information is consistently becoming more diverse and complex,leading to the so-called massive data. additionally, the demand for big data analytics in healthcareorganizations is increasingly growing with the aim of providing a wide range of unprecedented potentialsthat are considered necessary for the provision of meaningful information about big data and improvethe quality of healthcare delivery. it also aims to increase the eectiveness and eciency of healthcareorganizations; provide doctors and care providers better decision-making information and help themin the early detection of diseases. it also assists in evidence-based medicine and helps to minimizehealthcare costs. however, a clear contradiction exists between the privacy and security of big dataand its widespread usage. in this situation, the focus is on big data with respect to its characteristics,trends, and challenges. additionally, the risks and benets associated with data analytics also need tobe considered.