This book focuses on the different aspects of handling big data in healthcare. It showcases the current state-of-the-art technology used for storing health records and health data models. It also focuses on the research challenges in big data acquisition, storage, management and analysis.

Introduction -- Electronic Health Records -- Big Data: From Hype to Action --Acquisition of Big Health Data -- Health Data Analytics -- Architecture and Computational Models for Big Data Processing -- Big Data Storage -- Security and Privacy for Health Data.