Technology

Write research of a topic. See options below: * Watson and Healthcare (Highly recommended) * BI in Healthcare * BI Tools and Dashboard * Technology Trends in Healthcare What you need to do is research one of these topics and write up 5-7 pages on the chosen topic.

Technology is here to stay as a major and eventually totally ubiquitous part of our lives. So, given that, we need to learn how to participate in a way that keeps us in control of the technology instead of the other way around. This section approaches the question about how we do that. Read Howard Rheingold, Net Smart p239 (Chapter six): Will attach the pdf version Is YouTube a community? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQJbgEiQ4Cg Neil Postman on Cyberspace http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49rcVQ1vFAY Sherry Turkle – Connected, but Alone? http://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together?language=en Mark Oppenheimer, “Technology Is Not Driving Us Apart After All” https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/magazine/technology-is-not-driving-us-apart-after-all.html Assignment Write a 3-4 pages paper on the concept of Mindful Participation, referring to above texts in the section. I’ve already wrote 3 pages so please add some important informations. No need to exceed 4 pages for total.

Disscussion 1 Describe an event directly influenced by technology that either you or someone around you has experienced. What did you take away and how did it enhance your understanding of technology’s role? Share a current technological issue that you have found interesting or that has personally impacted you. Post an article from a news source. How does technology help you better understand the issue? Discussion 2 Compare and contrast the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the S&P 500. Decide which one you think is a better barometer for a market portfolio based on one of the following portfolio objectives: Growth Income Capital preservation In your responses to your classmates, select a different market benchmark (not the DJIA or the S&P 500) that could suit the portfolio objective chosen by your classmate. Justify your answer.

Write an essay on the following topic: “Describe the importance of your major and how you plan to use it to make an impact” Provide clear details, demonstrate creativity, appropriately cite sources (if necessary), and express personal thoughts and opinions. Include a clear thesis and supporting arguments. File extension: doc, docx, pdf Minimum words: 1000 Maximum words: 1250 my major: information Technology – Cybersecurity

The Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the organization you chose in the Week 1 discussion, “Key Components of an Information System as Related to the Cyber Domain,” is looking for more information on the cyber domain in hopes of determining the organization’s cybersecurity needs. As a cybersecurity consultant, you believe you can provide the CIO with the information he needs. Using Microsoft® Word, write a 1- to 2-page communication to the CIO of the organization. Provide an overview of the following in your letter: – A definition of the cyber domain and its key components or aspects. The cyber domain encompasses cybersecurity, a discipline that involves the following: – Securing computer information, communications systems, networks, infrastructures, assets – Protecting them against damage, unauthorized use, modification, exploitation – The components of an information system, elaborating on the similarities to the cyber domain – An approach to implementing information security for the organization you chose and how that approach could be expanded to the larger cyber domain – The systems development life cycle compared to the cyber domain life cycle – The components of the threat environment for the organization you chose, including an argument that a threat to the organization is also a threat to the larger domain

For this first milestone, you will select an issue or topic in technology to analyze through the four general education lenses, as well as its relationship to culture and society. Once you submit this Milestone One assignment, be sure to wait until your instructor has graded it and has approved your issue or topic before starting on the remaining Milestones for the project.

Write an essay on the following topic: 1. Blockchain: Describe which blockchain use cases, in your opinion, will be emerging in the future, and what effect they will have on our lives, economy, and the world Make sure your essay is original and not published anywhere. File extension: doc, docx, pdf Minimum words: 500

Report: PHR evaluation (individual assignment, 50 points) We learned Personal Health Records (PHR) in chapter 3. In this assignment, you need to evaluate a PHR at WebMD (http://www.webmd.com/phr) by creating an account, entering your own health records (Can be made up), and writing a report. Your report needs to 1. (1) Provide a summary of major functionalities of WebMD PHR and comment on the usability of those functionalities (0.5 to 1 page). 2. (2) Identify three aspects in which a PHR could benefit patients and improve the quality of care. (Please use examples from WebMD PHR and include screenshots to support your argument.) To protect your privacy, you don’t need to enter real data before taking a screenshot (1 to 2 pages, screenshot included). 3) Despite the benefits of PHR and its potential to transform health care delivery, the adoption rate of PHR is still low and some PHR products/services were not successful. For example, Google and Microsoft have shut down their PHR products (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/update-on-google-health-and-google.html and https://international.healthvault.com/us/en). Based on your experience of using WebMD PHR, please make recommendations on how PHR could be further improved to attract more users and have a broader impact (0.5 to 1 page). Formats •2-3 pages in length (single spaced, 12 font); references list is excluded from the page count. •

RETROSPECTIVE INVENTORY 1. Briefly describe those events in your life which you remember with great satisfaction. Indicate why it was so satisfying. Please put your age or time span at the time of each event in the parenthesis at the beginning of each description. Strive for at least 10; you may go beyond that number if you wish. 2. When you have completed numbers one and two of the inventory, go back and place a check mark beside events in number one and the five events in number two which in your opinion are most important. Write the number of each event and describe in greater detail, using a separate sheet of paper for each and attach them to this document. 3. Describe as many events as you can remember when someone who was perceived to be your “enemy” was somehow reconciled to you. List each event on a separate sheet of paper and attach them to this document. 4. What lenses do you view the world through? (Lenses are our ethnicity, race, culture, sex, and etc.) 5. List five experiences you want to have before you die. Given what you know about yourself, project a timeline for their accomplishment. 6. Write an obituary for yourself, summarizing your life to the point of death. 7. Briefly describe those events in your life which you remember that have been peak or life changing experiences. Indicate they were so life changing. Please put your age or time span at the time of each event in the parenthesis at the beginning of each description. Strive for at least 10; you may go beyond that number if you wish. 8. The Philosopher Rene DeCartes said “I think I am, therefore, I am.” Using this philosophical thought…” WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?” 9. What is your philosophy.

Instructions Hosting a Meeting You have just been asked by your employer, ABC Inc., to host a meeting on the use of social media webpages and applications (apps). Your employer has given you the details below regarding your meeting. Your meeting will cover various social media websites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. You will have 20 attendees, all of whom will be remote and have access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection. You will also have a computer with reliable Internet access. For this mini project, you will create a plan for this meeting. Explain the various points listed below: the platform you chose for this meeting (e.g., Adobe Connect, Skype, GoToMeeting) and the reasons why; the ways you will keep all of your attendees engaged, despite their being remote; the visual aids you will use and the reasons why; and the potential problems that could arise and how you would deal with them. Your meeting plan should be a minimum of two pages in length. Outside sources are not a requirement for this assignment