Yang, H.Kundakcıoğlu, Ömer ErhunZeng, D.2016-06-292016-06-292015-111617-9854http://hdl.handle.net/10679/4143https://doi.org/10.1007/s10257-015-0297-0Due to copyright restrictions, the access to the full text of this article is only available via subscription.New advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Operations Research (OR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Data Mining (DM) are transforming how healthcare is delivered and managed around the world. Meanwhile, health applications are generating tremendous amounts of data, posing novel technical challenges concerning data processing, knowledge management, analytics, medical decision making, and health policy making, among others.engrestrictedAccessarticle13459559700036611810000110.1007/s10257-015-0297-02-s2.0-84949097805