Review Article

Toward a Literature-Driven Definition of Big Data in Healthcare

Table 1

Number of papers by field of study among the 48 papers describing a dataset.

Field of studyNumber of papers

Omics
 Genomics18
 Metabolomics1
 Proteomics4
Medical specialties
 Endocrinology2
 Imaging3
 Immunology1
 Infectiology1
 Neurology8
 Pharmacovigilance1
Public health
 Bioinformatics3
 EHR1
 Epidemiology2
 Public health3

EHR: Electronic Health Records.