Advancing Big Data Analytics for Healthcare Service Delivery

Tiko Iyamu holds a PhD in information systems from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Currently, Iyamu is a Research Professor at the Faculty of Informatics and Design, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Cape Town, South Africa. Previously, he was with the Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, and Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia. Iyamu served as a Professor Extraordinaire at the Department of Computer Science, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, from 2006 to 2015. In 2014, he was a Visiting Professor at the Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Professor Iyamu’s areas of focus include enterprise architecture, health informatics, big data analytics and mobile computing. In addition, he has keen interest in the application of sociotechnical theories, such as actor-network theory, structuration theory and diffusion of innovation for information systems research. He has authored over 160 peer-reviewed research articles in journals, conference proceedings and book chapters. Prof Iyamu has authored seven books, including Applying theories for information systems research and Enterprise Architecture for Strategic Management of Modern IT Solutions. He has received several awards in research and excellence in supervision of postgraduates.

• 1 Introduction 2 A Structuration View in Managing Healthcare Data 3 Open Technology Innovation for Healthcare Services 4 Interaction with Cloud-Hosted Health Data 5 A Framework for Selecting Healthcare Big Data Analytics Tools 6 The Interpretivist and Analytics Approaches for Healthcare Big Data Analytics 7 A Multi-Level Approach for Analysis of Healthcare Big Data 8 Transforming Big Data for Healthcare Service Delivery 9 The Integration of Social Media with Healthcare Big Data for Services 10 Actor-Network Theory View of Healthcare Big Data 11 The Implementation of Big Data Analytics for Healthcare Services 12 The Evaluation of Big Data Analytics Tools for Healthcare Services