Big Data and Health “Clinical Records”

Abstract

The health sector every day requires and implements technological tools in support prevention, prediction and treatment of diseases, as well as the capacity of the high volume of data in storage and processing of the same, that allow the health professional to give better attention and diagnose their patients. The health area integrates large amounts of data, which must be stored, classified, analyzed and consulted, all of them (with systematized and structured processes) generate useful information for the achievement of advances in health discoveries and in the administration of medical resources. BigData in medicine can have many uses and applications in areas such as epidemiology, clinical records, clinical operation, administrative management, among others.