Health Informatics & Inform System – a-7

Questions:

1.       Why does evidence-based medical practice need IT support?

2.       Should only randomized clinical trial results be used to make treatment decisions? Why?

3.       List at least 3 reasons clinical practice guidelines are not used consistently in the US.

 

I expect 3 pages of fact-based material to answer these questions.

Paper should be APA formatted with citation.

Discussion 1: Disaster Recovery

 Search “scholar.google.com” for a company, school, or person that has been the target of a network or system intrusion within the past 5 years? What information was targeted? Was the attack successful? If so, what changes
were made to ensure that this vulnerability was controlled? If not, what mechanisms were in place to protect against the intrusion?

You must write about a real-life network/system attack that you found through your internet research.  Failure to discuss a targeted attack and cite/reference the news source will result in a 0 for this entire discussion. 

Initial post must be at least 300 words and contain APA citations and references for the article that you researched and wrote about. 

How many databases are you in? Discussion board

 There are numerous databases that contain personal, but public, information about individuals. 

Today much of this data is available online.

How do you feel about your personal information being contained in databases that other individuals can access or that might be breached via the Internet?

Do you mind that anyone with an Internet connection might be able to find out how much you paid for your house, if you are married, where you live, and other personal information?

Answer with complete sentences for full credit.

Research Paper

You will select enterprise-level risks that impact an organization of your choice … please address the following items:

•    Here’s the approach you can take for this paper:

  • Title page
  • Introduction – provide a background of the selected organization.
  • Risk #1
  • Description
  • Impact on organization
  • Recommendation on how to manage it
  • Risk #2 
  • Description
  • Impact on organization
  • Recommendation on how to manage it
  • Risk #3
  • Description
  • Impact on organization
  • Recommendation on how to manage it
  • Conclusion
  • References (minimum of 8 reputable sources)
  • Appendix (if any)

The paper will range from 15-to-20-pages includes a title page, content, and references.

Please write in APA Style.

General essay

The Year Up Washington DC site offers four career tracks: 1. Sales/Customer Service 2. IT/Helpdesk 3. Business/Project Management 4. Software Development Please answer the following questions for your essay: 1) What is your first choice for your specialty track? Why? What previous experience (if any) do you have that would make you successful in this track? Discuss any previous school or work experience, certifications you have, or self-learning you’ve done. (Write 1-2 paragraphs) 2) What positions are you interested in within this field? Why? 3) What research have you done on your own to learn more about this career field? 4.) If you don’t get your first choice for your specialty track, how would your second choice fit into your career goals. Essay must be no more than 2 pages, double spaced.

My first choice will be IT/Helpdesk, second choice is software Development.  I am currently 19 years of age I have always enjoyed the IT field because technology is intriguing.

Discussion

An important skill is the ability to critically evaluate information. As our world is increasingly filled with data, more and more the information from that data is conveyed through visualizations. Visualization is useful for both discovery of connections and trends and also communication.

Why make visualizations?

List a few advantages and disadvantages (at least 2 for each) of using visualizations to communicate data.

Discussion Length (word count): At least 250 words (not including direct quotes).

References: At least two peer-reviewed, scholarly journal references.

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Assignment

  

1.[13]  The oral arguments before the Supreme Court concerning the Communications Decency Act (CDA) focused extensively on determining the most appropriate analogy for cyberspace.  Arguments were presented that compared the Internet to a library, to television, and to a public place such as a street corner or park.

(a)   Why are these comparisons important?  Briefly explain the differences between libraries, television, and public places with respect to First Amendment protection.

 (b)   For each of these three analogies (library, television, and public place), describe one significant way in which the Internet is similar and one significant way in which it is different.  Explain the relevance of each of these similarities and differences to the issue of regulation of the Internet.

2.[12]   Veterinarians implant computer chips into pets and farm animals to identify them if they get lost. Some people suggest doing so for children. Discuss the privacy implications of this proposal and answer the following questions:

a. What are the risks?

b. Do the benefits outweigh the risks? If yes, in what way? If not, why not?

c. Do parents have the right to have the chips implanted in their young children?  Why or why not?

                d. If there was a bill in Congress to require ID chips in children under the age of 5, would you support it? Why or why not?

3. [10] a. Two approaches to the problem of protecting personal information are (a) the free market view and (b) the consumer protection view.  How do these points of view differ on the issue of a company disclosing personal information about its customers?  How do they differ on the issue of errors in the data about an individual that is distributed by a credit bureau?

        b. Briefly describe what an “opt-in” policy is and an “opt-out” policy is. Let’s say you were filling out a survey for an online magazine.  Give an example of what you’d see that would distinguish an opt-in from an opt-out policy.

4. [15]  a. Briefly describe the difference between negative and positive rights (liberties and claim rights). Give an example of a negative right and a positive right.

     b. Explain the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). What are its two main provisions? 

c. How are the Napster and Grokster copyright cases similar, and how are they different?

d. Explain the difference between deontological theories of ethics and utilitarian theories of ethics

Notes :   

Answer all questions in detail (At least 15 lines AND no more than 50 lines for each answer – including sub sections). Provide your justification based on earlier cases or other supporting material.  Structure and presentation of your answers will affect the points. (Cite your references in the body of the answers if needed)

IT 345 Assignment 1

 Required Assignment 1: Submit one to two-page summary of a journal article on a relevant topic of your choice. You are required to use IGU’s learning resources such as university’s digital library and online resources and confirm your use of these resources with your instructor. See “LRS” section above.

Assignment Week 4
1. Use Library Database in Syllabus to find an article related to Organizational Behavior:
2. Capture five major points of from the article and use APA to acknowledge this is captured or copied by (authors last name, date)
3. Write a short paragraph explaining why you think this article interest you as Introduction
4. Summary: Write your conclusion of what you have learned from the article
5. List the title and author of the article
6. Reference put the article reference in APA format