Discussion Week 5 – NURS 6051
Discussion Week 5 – NURS 6051
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.
To Prepare:
· Review the Resources and reflect on the web article Big Data
Means Big Potential, Challenges for Nurse Execs. – Please see
attached article

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