Journal
MHEALTH
Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
AME PUBLISHING COMPANY
DOI: 10.21037/mhealth-21-15
Keywords
Decision fusion (DF); information fusion; healthcare; medicine; big data
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This article provides an overview of the decision fusion technique and its applications in healthcare and medicine. It emphasizes the importance of big data analysis and the potential role of decision fusion in improving healthcare quality. The article suggests further research on the methodology and data types used in decision fusion within the healthcare sector.
Objective: To provide an overview of the decision fusion (DF) technique and describe the applications of the technique in healthcare and medicine at prevention, diagnosis, treatment and administrative levels. Background: The rapid development of technology over the past 20 years has led to an explosion in data growth in various industries, like healthcare. Big data analysis within the healthcare systems is essential for arriving to a value-based decision over a period of time. Diversity and uncertainty in big data analytics have made it impossible to analyze data by using conventional data mining techniques and thus alternative solutions are required. DF is a form of data fusion techniques that could increase the accuracy of diagnosis and facilitate interpretation, summarization and sharing of information. Methods: We conducted a review of articles published between January 1980 and December 2020 from various databases such as Google Scholar, IEEE, PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus and web of science using the keywords decision fusion (DF), information fusion, healthcare, medicine and big data. A total of 141 articles were included in this narrative review. Conclusions: Given the importance of big data analysis in reducing costs and improving the quality of healthcare; along with the potential role of DF in big data analysis, it is recommended to know the full potential of this technique including the advantages, challenges and applications of the technique before its use. Future studies should focus on describing the methodology and types of data used for its applications within the healthcare sector
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