"We have seen a shift where people who were earlier working with different technologies are going in for Hadoop, even mid-career professionals. People from a wide-variety of backgrounds are taking it up.

"Given India's population and its diversity, the government needs to leverage such technologies to make informed decisions and applications for better accessibility," Vanapala told IANS on the phone.

Augustine said achieving better outcomes at lower costs has become very important for healthcare, and Big Data analytics and Hadoop's presence are positively part of the solution in reaching that goal.

"Availability does not mean only the availability of hospitals and healthcare professionals, but it includes the necessary and accurate data on the desktop.

"Accessibility does not only mean the ability to reach the hospitals but information related to the patient, medicine and all relevant information," he said.

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