The document discusses the transformation in healthcare driven by big data and smart technologies, emphasizing the challenges posed by the vast amounts of unstructured data generated from patient records and social media. It highlights the importance of automating data processing and improving machine understanding, particularly through natural language processing and the semantic web, to enhance decision-making in healthcare. Additionally, it addresses the need for experts to interpret complex data sets to ensure trustworthiness and privacy while adapting to new federal healthcare rules and quality measures.