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Review
. 2022 Aug;191(4):1473-1483.
doi: 10.1007/s11845-021-02730-z. Epub 2021 Aug 16.

The role of data science in healthcare advancements: applications, benefits, and future prospects

Sri Venkat Gunturi Subrahmanya  1 , Dasharathraj K Shetty  2 , Vathsala Patil  3 , B M Zeeshan Hameed  4 , Rahul Paul  5 , Komal Smriti  6 , Nithesh Naik  7 , Bhaskar K Somani  8
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The role of data science in healthcare advancements: applications, benefits, and future prospects

Sri Venkat Gunturi Subrahmanya et al. Ir J Med Sci. 2022 Aug.

Abstract

Data science is an interdisciplinary field that extracts knowledge and insights from many structural and unstructured data, using scientific methods, data mining techniques, machine-learning algorithms, and big data. The healthcare industry generates large datasets of useful information on patient demography, treatment plans, results of medical examinations, insurance, etc. The data collected from the Internet of Things (IoT) devices attract the attention of data scientists. Data science provides aid to process, manage, analyze, and assimilate the large quantities of fragmented, structured, and unstructured data created by healthcare systems. This data requires effective management and analysis to acquire factual results. The process of data cleansing, data mining, data preparation, and data analysis used in healthcare applications is reviewed and discussed in the article. The article provides an insight into the status and prospects of big data analytics in healthcare, highlights the advantages, describes the frameworks and techniques used, briefs about the challenges faced currently, and discusses viable solutions. Data science and big data analytics can provide practical insights and aid in the decision-making of strategic decisions concerning the health system. It helps build a comprehensive view of patients, consumers, and clinicians. Data-driven decision-making opens up new possibilities to boost healthcare quality.

Keywords: Big data; Data analytics; Data mining; Healthcare; Healthcare informatics.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Sources of big data in healthcare
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Various applications of data science in healthcare
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The disease analysis system
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Role of big data in accelerating the treatment process
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Elemental structure of patient-centric healthcare and ecosystem
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