Big data (46%) and artificial intelligence (35%) are the technical innovations that will have the greatest impact on healthcare technology in 2017, says a new survey of 122 digital healthcare investors by Silcon Valley Bank. More traditional healthcare information technology is cited as most likely to experience growth in the coming year (45%), ahead of more consumer-focused products (33.1%), including mobile health apps (8%) and wearables (7%), according to the survey. Big data is a collection of data sets so large and complex it is difficult to process using traditional database management tools or data processing applications.

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