Predictive Analytics on Healthcare: A Survey

Healthcare is indeed a considerable pointer for the development of society. Health does not only mean as dearth of disease but also capability to apprehend one’s potential. In reality, there is a big gap between the rural and urban health service facility and accessibility. This paper identifies some of the problems in Indian healthcare and attempts to provide a solution by exploring the capabilities of healthcare. So, the services rendered by healthcare are not a mere responsibility of medical field but also of information technology. In fact, data mining plays an active role in providing a consistent accuracy in predicting the diseases and its risk factors. Some of the data mining applications and techniques used in real world are discussed.