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  • Healthcare Informatics
  • Data Science
  • Biostatistics

Background:

  • Big Data is often presented as a revolutionary tool for healthcare improvement.
  • Recent research highlights potential negative consequences of Big Data in healthcare.
  • Concerns include increased costs, mortality, and flawed clinical decision-making.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review current Big Data trends in healthcare.
  • To identify and analyze the inadvertent negative impacts of Big Data on patient and clinical care.
  • To compare the efficacy of Big Data versus small data techniques in healthcare.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of Big Data trends in healthcare.
  • Analysis of studies reporting negative impacts of Big Data.
  • Comparative assessment of Big Data and traditional statistical methods (small data).

Main Results:

  • Big Data in healthcare is associated with increased medical costs and patient mortality.
  • Misguided clinical decisions and policy-making can result from Big Data.
  • Small data techniques with traditional statistics often prove more accurate than Big Data methods.

Conclusions:

  • Big Data may introduce more problems than solutions in the healthcare industry.
  • Traditional statistical methods (small data) can lead to more improved healthcare outcomes.
  • The effectiveness of data in healthcare is not solely dependent on its size.