Discussion: Big Data and Health Care ET
This is for a DrPH Advanced Analysis of Community Health Data and Surveillance in Public Health Course
To prepare:
Writer, find an article on this topic. Must be 2016 or recent and peer-reviewed
Select a published article on big data and health care that discusses trends, potential use, or issues related to using big data in health care.
Write a 3- to 5-paragraph analysis of the article you selected. Include the following in your post:
A brief description of the published article you selected, including:
o research question,
o dataset used, and
o source of the data.
An explanation of your position on the use of big data for health care. Do you think that analyzing and using big data in health care can provide crucial answers and lead to great innovation and breakthroughs?
To what extent do you think that privacy and data security concerns and the potential misuse of data outweigh the potential advantages? Justify your position.
Using examples, describe how local health authorities can use secondary data sources in their jurisdictions.
Support your post based on the Learning Resources and current literature. Use APA 7 formatting for your Discussion and to cite your resources.
Additional resources to cite:
Hellerstein, J. M. (2008). Quantitative data cleaning for large databases.
