Journal:Big data and public health systems: Issues and opportunities

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Full article title Big data and public health systems: Issues and opportunities
Journal International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence
Author(s) Rojas de la Escalera, David; Giménez de Azcárate, Javier Carnicero
Author affiliation(s) Sistemas Avanzados de Tecnología, Health Service of Nararre
Primary contact Email: javier dot carnicero dot gimenez at cfnavarra dot es
Year published 2018
Volume and issue 4 (7)
Page(s) 53–59
DOI 10.9781/ijimai.2017.03.008
ISSN 1989-1660
Distribution license Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
Website http://www.ijimai.org/journal/node/1629
Download http://www.ijimai.org/journal/sites/default/files/files/2017/03/ijimai_4_7_8_pdf_16011.pdf (PDF)

Abstract

In recent years, the need for changing the current model of European public health systems has been repeatedly addressed, in order to ensure their sustainability. Following this line, information technology (IT) has always been referred to as one of the key instruments for enhancing the information management processes of healthcare organizations, thus contributing to the improvement and evolution of health systems. On the IT field, big data solutions are expected to play a main role, since they are designed for handling huge amounts of information in a fast and efficient way, allowing users to make important decisions quickly. This article reviews the main features of the European public health system model and the corresponding healthcare and management-related information systems, the challenges that these health systems are currently facing, and the possible contributions of big data solutions to this field. To that end, the authors share their professional experience on the Spanish public health system and review the existing literature related to this topic.

Keywords: big data, health system, healthcare organizations, health information systems, epidemiological surveillance, strategic planning

Introduction

The health system

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