Background Real-time surveillance in the field of health informatics has emerged as a
growing domain of interest among worldwide researchers. Evolution in this field has helped …

This paper provides an overview of recent developments in big data in the context of
biomedical and health informatics. It outlines the key characteristics of big data and how …

The era of big data and analytics is opening up new possibilities for disaster management
(DM). Due to its ability to visualize, analyze and predict disasters, big data is changing the …

Public health practitioners and researchers have used traditional medical databases to
study and understand public health for a long time. Recently, social media data, particularly …

Effective engineering of the Internet is predicated upon a detailed understanding of issues
such as the large-scale structure of its underlying physical topology, the manner in which it …

A holistic hospital patient care and management system comprises a data store to receive
and store patient data including clinical and non-clinical data; a plurality of RFID sensors to …

The purpose of this research is to investigate the status and the evolution of the scientific
studies for the effect of social networks on big data and usage of big data for modeling the …

Chronic airway diseases are characterized by airway inflammation, obstruction, and
remodeling and show high prevalence, especially in develo** countries. Among them …

Smartness, which underpins smart cities and societies, is defined by our ability to engage
with our environments, analyze them, and make decisions, all in a timely manner …

A well-performed demand forecasting can provide outpatient department (OPD) managers
with essential information for staff scheduling and rostering, considering the non-reservation …