E-Healthcare Supported by Big Data

Release Date:2014-10-08 Author:Jianqi Liu, Jiafu Wan, Shenghua He, and Yanlin Zhang Click:

[Abstract] The era of open information in healthcare has arrived. E-healthcare supported by big data supports the move toward greater transparency in healthcare by making decades of stored health data searchable and usable. This paper gives an overview the e⁃healthcare architecture. We discuss the four layers of the architecture—data collection, data transport, data storage, and data analysis—as well as the challenges of data security, data privacy, real⁃time delivery, and open standard interface. We discuss the necessity of establishing an impeccably secure access mechanism and of enacting strong laws to protect patient privacy.

[Keywords] healthcare; wireless body network; big data; disease prediction; remote monitoring; medical data