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To this date, health care industry has not fully grasped the potential benefits to be gained from big data analytics. While the constantly growing body of academic research on big data analytics is mostly technology oriented, a better understanding of the strategic implications of big data to benefit healthcare organizations is urgently needed. To address this lack, identify a big data analytics capability. For example, analytical capability for patterns of care, unstructured data analytical capability, decision support capability, predictive capability, traceability and so on. What are your recommendations for strategies to help healthcare organizations that are considering adopting big data analytics technologies? Help these organizations understand the big data analytics capabilities and their potential benefits. Support them to formulate more effective data-driven analytics strategies.