top-performing organisations cited analytics
as a key focus for their organisations over
the next three to five years, compared to 65%
of underperformers. Furthermore, 83% of
healthcare CIOs said business intelligence
and analytics was their number-one priority.
innovate, stand out and remain competitive.
adoption and implementation seems daunting.
We are entering an era of open information
in healthcare, with numerous countries
worldwide digitising their medical records.
which can store a patient's health records
electronically. This marks an important step
in the move toward transparency by making
decades of stored data usable, searchable and
actionable by the healthcare sector as a whole.
to a tipping point. It is at this point in time
that industry professionals, businesses and
stakeholders must consider the potential
of Big Data.
exorbitant future costs for the healthcare
industry. We have an abundance of under-
utilised healthcare data and a number of
deep-rootedinefficientpracticesthatinhibit
sectorprogressandenhancedefficiency.
to technology that will allow them to make
sense of data and utilise Big Data. While still
in the early stages, Big Data could enable the
healthcare quality and address the problem
of accelerating healthcare spend.
paper. This was an important step in
recognising the opportunities Big Data
presents to Government sectors, including
healthcare. The next step is implementation.
technology. In fact, new-technology
adoption is laden with a number of
processes, including an assessment of
theefficacyandcost-effectivenessof
the technologies, deployment of these
technologies within a complex organisational
structure and monitoring the use of these
new technologies.
developments. After all, the priority is
patient outcome.
is to have an online presence. Any healthcare
practitioner that does not have a complete
online offering will miss out on gathering
valuable data and will be left behind in the
face of future competition.