How Big Data Allows Pre-emptive Healthcare to Prevent Disease

Big data, robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are radically changing the way clinicians diagnose and treat disease. Gone are the days of "one size fits all" treatment protocols. Instead, healthcare providers are using centralized data sets that are AI analyzed to provide targeted, personalized healthcare that focuses on prevention rather than cure. In addition to a swing toward preemptive healthcare, big data is central to the sector's commitment to capping wasteful expenditure. Billions that were once raised to manage duplicated records at hospitals, clinics and doctors' surgeries are now being used for more beneficial outcomes.