“Big Data” are data that are big not only in terms of “Volume” but also in terms of “Value”. The exploration of big data in healthcare is increasing at an unprecedented rate. The credit goes to the advanced technologies that help to collect medical data from various sources and to the initiatives that bring deeper insights from these data. This paper presents the exceptional work done by corporations, educational institutions and governments leveraging big data to solve the problems and challenges pertaining to healthcare industry. This paper addresses the ongoing researches; researches that are in initial stages or that are mentioned in the Press Releases to show the advancement of big data in healthcare industry. The paper also proposes a common platform for healthcare analytics, aimed to reduce the redundancy in the techniques that are required in any kind of medical research.
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