NURS6051 Week 4 Discussion

NURS6051 Week 4 Discussion

NURS6051 Week 4 Discussion.
NURS6051 Transforming Nursing and Healthcare through Technology
Week 4 Discussion: Big Data Risks and Rewards
When you wake in the
morning, you may reach for your cell phone to reply to a few text or email
messages that you missed overnight. On your drive to work, you may stop to
refuel your car. Upon your arrival, you might swipe a key card at the door to
gain entrance to the facility. And before finally reaching your workstation,
you may stop by the cafeteria to purchase a coffee.
From the moment you
wake, you are in fact a data-generation machine. Each use of your phone, every
transaction you make using a debit or credit card, even your entrance to your
place of work, creates data. It begs the question: How much data do you
generate each day? Many studies have been conducted on this, and the numbers
are staggering: Estimates suggest that nearly 1 million bytes of data are
generated every second for every person on earth.
As the volume of data
increases, information professionals have looked for ways to use big
data—large, complex sets of data that require specialized approaches to use
effectively. Big data has the potential for significant rewards—and significant
risks—to healthcare. In this Discussion, you will consider these risks and
rewards.

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