Are big data analytics helpful in caring for multimorbid patients in general practice? - A scoping review.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The treatment of multimorbid patients is one crucial task in general practice as multimorbidity is highly prevalent in this setting. However, there is little evidence how to treat these patients and consequently there are but a few guidelines that focus primarily on multimorbidity. Big data analytics are defined as a method that obtains results for high volume data with high variety generated at high velocity. Yet, the explanatory power of these results is not completely understood. Nevertheless, addressing multimorbidity as a complex condition might be a promising field for big data analytics. The aim of this scoping review was to evaluate whether applying big data analytics on patient data does already contribute to the treatment of multimorbid patients in general practice. ME

SUBMITTER: Waschkau A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6394098 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature