Specialists and healthcare facilities are using big data analytics tools to understand big data and take decisions based on it. Big data in healthcare relies on sources and analysis. Sources for data comes from doctors’ and hospitals’ reports on patients, information about genomes, information from hospital administrators and healthcare insurers, financial information, emails, social media, transactions and information from sensors placed in patients to monitor heart rate, sugar levels and other physical conditions. Big Data in healthcare has many advantages. They are: Improving patient treatment, gain insights about the effectiveness of drugs, low healthcare costs, predicting the severity of disease outbreaks, and customizing treatments to individuals. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/byod-cloud/big-data-is-having-a-big-effect-on-healthcare-69822