Big Data

Big Data Student’s Name Institution Affiliation Course Name & Code Instructor’s Name Date Big Data Describe one source of big data that you are likely to use in your future advanced practice nursing role. The primary big data source I will likely use in my APN practice is the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system. EHRs aggregate a wide variety of standardized patient data, such as medical history, laboratory tests, diagnostic images, medications, and clinical documentation, and are, therefore, central to patient management and clinical decision support (Subrahmanya et al., 2021). Current EHR solutions include concepts from remote monitoring devices, wearable technologies, and patient-generated outcome data to provide a picture of individual and group health. Identify the types of information that can be obtained from this source. Concerning EHRs, I can get critical clinical data, such as laboratory data, physical assessment results, imaging data, and the overall management plans for specific disease states (Rehman et al., 2021). Age, gender, and ethnicity are accommodated to pin down tendencies in the population's health condition and inequality. Medication history, allergies, and past treatment help to promote improved patient care. Further, EHRs give outpatient-level statistics for assessing disease characteristics and efficacy of interventions and to inform practice by CDSs. The following data types benefit patients, support investigations, and mitig...