?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Healthcare+Data+Analytics+on+the+Cloud&rft.creator=Bhattacharya%2C++I&rft.creator=Ramachandran%2C+A&rft.creator=Jha%2C+BK&rft.subject=JOURNALS&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Meaningful+analysis+of+voluminous+health+information+has+always+been+a+challenge+in+most+healthcare+organizations.+Accurate+and+timely+information+required+by+the+management+to+lead+a+healthcare+organization+through+the+challenges+found+in+the+industry+can+be+obtained+using+business+intelligence+(BI)+or+business+analytics+tools.+However%2C+these+require+large+capital+investments+to+implement+and+support+the+large+volumes+of+data+that+needs+to+be+analyzed+to+identify+trends.+They+also+require+enormous+processing+power+which+places+pressure+on+the+business+resources+in+addition+to+the+dynamic+changes+in+the+digital+technology.+This+paper+evaluates+the+various+nuances+of+business+analytics+of+healthcare+hosted+on+the+cloud+computing+environment.+The+paper+explores+BI+being+offered+as+Software+as+a+Service+(SaaS)+solution+towards+offering+meaningful+use+of+information+for+improving+functions+in+healthcare+enterprise.+It+also+attempts+to+identify+the+challenges+that+healthcare+enterprises+face+when+making+use+of+a+BI+SaaS+solution.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2012-04-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8864%2F1%2F2012-1-1.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bhattacharya%2C+I+and+Ramachandran%2C+A+and+Jha%2C+BK++(2012)+Healthcare+Data+Analytics+on+the+Cloud.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8864%2F