The Big Data Era in Healthcare: Promises and Challenges

Analysis of International Challenges and Experience of Foreign Countries in the Field of E-Health

“…Furthermore, the programs on tele-health, telemedicine, and mobile healthcare (mHealth) are also implemented in the country. The patients will be able to contact their physicians using the mobile devices and ask about their healthcare, medications, and laboratory analysis [31,32]. The use of digital health technologies in Singapore, where more than 70 percent of their population is at above 50, is the next technological success of the country.…”

“…The use of e-health in Azerbaijan and the elimination of the existing problems in this area require: 1) the creation of health information systems to ensure secure Internet access for healthcare personnel and health institutions; 3) broad introduction of the electronic health card system; 4) expansion of the application of health information systems and their coordination with the electronic health system; 5) holding electronic trainings to increase the knowledge and skills of healthcare providers; 6) creation of health resources for general use, the development of teleresource, the realization of tele-education, tele-medicine services, mobile health (mHealth) programs; 7) granting the financial support to e-health; 8) the use of cloud to ensure the safety of health data; 9) training the data scientists for conducting research in medical specialties [32].…”