Big Data for Healthcare Industry 4.0: Applications, challenges and future perspectives

The innovative technologies emerged with the industrial revolution ''Industry 4.0" as well as the new ones onthe way of advanced digitalization enable delivering enhanced, value-added and cost-effective manufacturingand service operations. One of the first areas of focus for Industry 4.0 applications is operations related tohealthcare services. Effective management of healthcare resources, clinical care processes, service planning,delivery and evaluation of healthcare operations are essential for a well-functioning healthcare system. Yet,with the adoption of technologies such as Internet of Health Things, Medical Cyber-Physical Systems, MachineLearning, and Big Data (BD), the healthcare sector has recognized the relevance of Industry 4.0. The conceptof BD offered numerous advantages and opportunities in this field. It changed the way information is gathered,shared and utilized. Hence, in this study our main ambition is to provide readers with a review of publicationswhich lie within the intersection of Industry 4.0, BD, and healthcare operations and give future perspectives.Our review shows that BD constitutes an important place on the technologies Industry 4.0 provides in thehealthcare domain. It helps design, improve, analyze, assess and optimize operations in the domain.