1-2 Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. For this assignment, answer the following: · What theories and techniques would you recommend to be used in the diagnosis of illnesses with the use of big data analytics? Why would those be your choices? ============================================================================ Unit 2 Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. For this assignment, answer the following: · When is it beneficial for stakeholders to be involved in the data analytics life cycle? How would you determine this? ================================================================================ 3-1 Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. Research and explain the differences between 2 of the following NoSQL databases as used in big data analytics: · Neo4j: Graph database · MongoDB: Document store database · CouchDB: Document store database · Cassandra: Column-oriented database · Big Table: Column-oriented database · RIAK: Key-value store database · Amazon DynamoDB · db4o: Object-oriented database =============================================================================------ 3-2 Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. For this assignment, address the following: · Select a NoSQL database type, and explain how it is used or could be applied for health informatics data analytics. ==================================================================================== Unit 4 Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. For this assignment, address the following: · Choose and discuss a big data analytics framework (environment) and relevant tools used in health care data analytics. Your discussion should also provide examples of how .

1. 1-2
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area,
write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions
with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the
foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be
substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
For this assignment, answer the following:
· What theories and techniques would you recommend to be
used in the diagnosis of illnesses with the use of big data
analytics? Why would those be your choices?
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Unit 2
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area,
write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions
with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the
foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be
substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
For this assignment, answer the following:
· When is it beneficial for stakeholders to be involved in the
data analytics life cycle? How would you determine this?
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3-1
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area,
write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions
with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the
foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be
substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Research and explain the differences between 2 of the following
NoSQL databases as used in big data analytics:

2. · Neo4j: Graph database
· MongoDB: Document store database
· CouchDB: Document store database
· Cassandra: Column-oriented database
· Big Table: Column-oriented database
· RIAK: Key-value store database
· Amazon DynamoDB
· db4o: Object-oriented database
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3-2
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area,
write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions
with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the
foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be
substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
For this assignment, address the following:
· Select a NoSQL database type, and explain how it is used or
could be applied for health informatics data analytics.
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Unit 4
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area,
write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions
with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the
foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be
substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
For this assignment, address the following:
· Choose and discuss a big data analytics framework
(environment) and relevant tools used in health care data
analytics. Your discussion should also provide examples of how
health care organizations have or could implement the
framework.

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5-1
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area,
write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions
with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the
foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be
substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
For this assignment, address the following:
· Create the building blocks of a system for health care big data
analytics, and compare the building block design to a DNA
networked cluster currently used by an organization in the
current market.
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5-2
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area,
write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions
with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the
foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be
substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
For this assignment, address the following:
· Explore the current state of data storage for big data. Analyze
and discuss the impact of big data storage on organizational
processes.
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Unit 6
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area,
write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions
with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the
foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be

4. substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Explore the use of cloud computing in the health care industry
and provide a case study. Ensure that your case study covers the
following:
· A use case for health care data on a cloud
· Present issues related to have health care data on a cloud
· Pros and cons of health care data on a public and private cloud
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7-1
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area,
write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions
with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the
foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be
substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
For this assignment, address the following:
· Research and present a case study where big data analytics
was used to detect fraudulent data in the health care industry.
Discuss the case study and how big data analytics can be used
to eliminate (or simply mitigate) health care fraud in the future.
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7-2
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area,
write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions
with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the
foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be
substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Using the
Library and Internet, research and discuss the role(s) of
data brokers in the health care industry.
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5. Unit 8
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area,
write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions
with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the
foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be
substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Share your thoughts on data privacy and governance as they
relate to the health care industry. Be sure to include thoughts on
privacy violations, how to avoid them, and best practices that
the health care industry could adopt to avoid instances of data
breach and privacy violation.
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Unit 9
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area,
write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions
with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the
foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be
substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Using the
Library and Internet, research and present a case study
on how international laws impact big data analytics in the
health care industry.
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10-1
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area,
write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions
with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the
foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be
substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Using the
Library and Internet, research, submit, and discuss a
case study that demonstrates a need for data in motion analytics.

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10-2
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area,
write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions
with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the
foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be
substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Reflect on what you learned regarding each of the following
Course Objectives and share your plan to apply your newly
found knowledge:
· Design an experiment for the application of statistical methods
related to modeling and analyzing big data.
· Draw on a large body of data to form a prediction or variable
comparisons within the premise of big data.
· Examine the unique domain of health informatics and explain
how big data analytics contributes to the detection of fraud and
the diagnosis of illness, as well as other modeling aspects
related to business intelligence and predictive business
processes.
· Summarize one case study in detail related to big data
analytics as it relates to organizational processes and topical
research.
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IP1 (4-6 Pages excluding cover page and Reference Page)
Assignment Details
Investigate the Library and Internet to locate scholarly
published paper on data analytics related to the health care
field, where one of the previously discussed theories and
techniques has been applied. Explain your understanding of how
the authors have used the theories and techniques.
Individual Project Rubric
The Individual Project (IP) Grading Rubric is a scoring tool that

7. represents the performance expectations for the IP. It’s the
roadmap that can help you in the development of your IP.
Expectation
Points Possible
Points Earned
Comments
Assignment-Specific: Located scholarly published paper on data
analytics related to the health care field where one of the
previously discussed theories and techniques has been applied.
23
Assignment-Specific: Explained their understanding of how the
author(s) have used the theories and techniques
23
Assignment-Specific: Wrote an introductory statement (general
statement about articles, volume, type); named the author(s);
named the title of the paper and date; stated the problem(s) the
researchers attempted to address; discussed the motivation
and/or goal of researchers; identified methods and techniques
used; discussed researchers' position (connections to
institutions, agencies; biases, funding); identified assumptions
(if any and only if stated by the researchers); includes findings
and researchers' substantiations of their claims
23
Assignment-Specific: Includes the student's analysis of the
validity of the claims and significance of the research; discusses
the contributions to the field or topic; includes a conclusion and
closing paragraph(s) (counter arguments, solutions, faulty

8. methods, and so on)
23
Assignment-Specific: Demonstrates the utilization of the course
readings and other scholarly and professional materials to
complete the assignment
23
Professional Language: Assignment contains accurate grammar,
spelling, and punctuation with few or no errors. (APA
formatting is required or style specified in assignment).
10
Total Points
125
IP2 (4-6 Pages excluding cover page and Reference Page)
Assignment Details
Investigate the
Library and Internet for published papers regarding data
analytics in various health care fields that discuss the theories
and techniques covered in this course so far. Discuss your
understanding of how the authors have covered the data
analytics theories and techniques and how they are used in
health care.
Additionally, provide a report after completing the following:

9. · Installing a big data analytics framework (Hadoop or Spark)
· Installing R and exploring and discussing its functionality,
especially with regard to health care
· Chronicling the installation steps, issues, recommendations, or
workaround on issues encountered
Individual Project Rubric
The Individual Project (IP) Grading Rubric is a scoring tool that
represents the performance expectations for the IP. This
Individual Project Grading Rubric is divided into components
that provide a clear description of what should be included
within each component of the IP. It’s the roadmap that can help
you in the development of your IP.
Expectation
Points Possible
Points Earned
Comments
Assignment-Specific: Has conducted appropriate research
regarding data analytics in various health care fields that
discuss the theories and techniques covered in this course so far
and discussed their understanding of how the author(s) have
covered the data analytics theories and techniques.
35
Assignment-Specific: Discusses an understanding of how the
author(s) have covered how the data analytics theories and
techniques are used in health care.
35
Assignment-Specific: Provides a report that details installing a
big data analytics framework (Hadoop or Spark); installing R
and exploring and discussing its functionality of R, especially
with regard to health care; and chronicling their installation

10. steps, issues, recommendations, or workaround on issues
encountered.
35
Assignment-Specific: Demonstrates the utilization of the course
readings and other scholarly and professional materials to
complete the assignment.
10
Professional Language: Assignment contains accurate grammar,
spelling, and punctuation with few or no errors. (APA
formatting is required or style specified in assignment).
10
Total Points
125
Total Points Earned
IP3 (4-6 Pages excluding cover page and Reference Page)
Assignment Details
Install OpenStack and Amazon Web Services. Once you have
completed the installation, provide a report that explores the
issues encountered during the installation and provide
recommendations for solving them.

11. Individual Project Rubric
The Individual Project (IP) Grading Rubric is a scoring tool that
represents the performance expectations for the IP. This
Individual Project Grading Rubric is divided into components
that provide a clear description of what should be included
within each component of the IP. It’s the roadmap that can help
you in the development of your IP.
Expectation
Points Possible
Points Earned
Comments
Assignment-Specific: The report of their experiences on
installing OpenStack and AWS includes system information
and steps taken during OpenStack installation
35
Assignment-Specific: The report of their experiences on
installing OpenStack and AWS includes issues appearing during
installation
35
Assignment-Specific: The report of their experiences on
installing OpenStack and AWS includes steps taken to address
the issues
35
Assignment-Specific: Demonstrates the utilization of the course
readings and other scholarly and/or professional materials to
complete the assignment

12. 10
Professional Language: Assignment contains accurate grammar,
spelling, and punctuation with few or no errors. (APA
formatting is required or style specified in assignment).
10
Total Points
125
Total Points Earned
IP4 (4-6 Pages excluding cover page and Reference Page)
Assignment Details
Using the
Library and Internet, research how big data analytics is
used in the health care industry to meet data privacy
requirements established by the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Create a policy proposal (with
reference page) for a health care organization that explains the
consequences of data breaches (be sure to include personal and
organizational consequences) and covers the importance of
using analytics with security in mind, the importance of data
privacy (to the patient, staff, and organization), and the steps
that the staff will use to comply with data privacy rules and
HIPAA.
Individual Project Rubric
The Individual Project (IP) Grading Rubric is a scoring tool that

13. represents the performance expectations for the IP. This
Individual Project Grading Rubric is divided into components
that provide a clear description of what should be included
within each component of the IP. It’s the roadmap that can help
you in the development of your IP.
Expectation
Points Possible
Points Earned
Comments
Assignment-Specific: Presents a policy memo or proposal that
covers the consequences of data breaches on an individual level
(from disciplinary action to termination) and at an
organizational level (poor public image, loss of business, and
potential legal ramifications)
35
Assignment-Specific: Presents a policy memo or proposal that
covers the importance of data analytics and data privacy
35
Assignment-Specific: Presents a policy memo or proposal that
covers the process for complying with data privacy rules and
HIPAA
35
Assignment-Specific: Demonstrates the utilization of the course
readings and other scholarly and/or professional materials to
complete the assignment
10

14. Professional Language: Assignment contains accurate grammar,
spelling, and punctuation with few or no errors. (APA
formatting is required or style specified in assignment).
10
Total Points
125
Total Points Earned
IP 5 (4-6 Pages excluding cover page and Reference Page)
Key Assignment
Develop a proposal for big data analytics in health care that
covers at least 3 of the following categories:
· Network architecture
· Database
· Business plan
· Disaster recovery plan
· Security policy proposal
For each of the categories, the following is expected:
·
Business Plan
·
Action: Write a business plan for a data analytic project
for health care industry.
·

15. Output: At least 10 pages with the following sections
· Title page
· Table of Contents
· Company Opportunity
· Business Concepts
· Business Goals & Vision & Mission
· Market Background, Product Description, and Differentiation
· Technology
· Target market
· Marketing Plan
· Organizational Structure (Organizational Chart, Teams,
Divisions)
· Snapshot Summary
· Financial Analysis and Projection
·
Network Architecture
·
Action: Design architecture for a health care
organization.
·
Output: 7–10 pages of a design document with overall
design layout, figures, and components used
·
Database
·
Action: Select a database management system of your
choice. Create a high-level conceptual design for health care
data analytics.
·
Output: 7–10 pages of a conceptual design document
(including UML diagrams)

16. ·
Security Policy Proposal
·
Action: Create a security policy document for a health
care organization that deals with large data sets on the cloud.
·
Output: 7–10 pages
·
Disaster Recovery Plan
·
Action: Create a disaster recovery plan document for a
health care organization that deals with data analytics in health
care.
·
Output: 7–10 pages
Individual Project Rubric
The Individual Project (IP) Grading Rubric is a scoring tool that
represents the performance expectations for the IP. This
Individual Project Grading Rubric is divided into components
that provide a clear description of what should be included
within each component of the IP. It’s the roadmap that can help
you in the development of your IP.
Expectation
Points Possible
Points Earned
Comments
Assignment-Specific: Develops a proposal for big data analytics
in health care that covers at least three of the following:
Network architecture, database, business plan, disaster recovery
plan, and security policy proposal
35

17. Assignment-Specific: For each of the categories, the student
takes the appropriate action as outlined in the assignment
details.
35
Assignment-Specific: For each of the categories, the student
produces the appropriate output as outlined in the assignment
details.
35
Assignment-Specific: Demonstrates the utilization of the course
readings and other scholarly and professional materials to
complete the assignment
10
Professional Language: Assignment contains accurate grammar,
spelling, and punctuation with few or no errors. (APA
formatting is required or style specified in assignment).
10
Total Points
125
Total Points Earned