How is the growing and changing use of technology and data impacting Australia’s healthcare system?
Content Point Four
Examine how big data is shaping the health of Australians
Including:
- how is it being used?
- how is it reducing healthcare spending?
- how is it being used to cure and manage diseases?
- what measures need to be taken to ensure privacy and confidentiality of personal information?
NESA Glossary of Key Words:
Examine - Inquire into.
How - Relate cause and effect, make the relationships between things evident.
What - Provide characteristics and features.
Big Data and How It's Being Used
How is the growing and changing use of technology and data impacting Australia’s healthcare system?
Content Point Four
Examine how big data is shaping the health of Australians
Including:
- how is it being used?
- how is it reducing healthcare spending?
- how is it being used to cure and manage diseases?
- what measures need to be taken to ensure privacy and confidentiality of personal information?
NESA Glossary of Key Words:
Examine - Inquire into.
How - Relate cause and effect, make the relationships between things evident.
What - Provide characteristics and features.
How is it reducing healthcare spending?
How is the growing and changing use of technology and data impacting Australia’s healthcare system?
Content Point Four
Examine how big data is shaping the health of Australians
Including:
- how is it being used?
- how is it reducing healthcare spending?
- how is it being used to cure and manage diseases?
- what measures need to be taken to ensure privacy and confidentiality of personal information?
NESA Glossary of Key Words:
Examine - Inquire into.
How - Relate cause and effect, make the relationships between things evident.
What - Provide characteristics and features.
What measures need to be taken to ensure privacy and confidentiality of personal information?
Learning Activities
1. ‘Big Data Case Study Scenario’ activity. Split the class into small teams (4-5 students per team) and provide each with one of the following scenarios;
- Scenario 1: A healthcare company analysing patient records to predict disease outbreaks.
- Scenario 2: A fitness app analysing data from users' activity and diet to recommend health improvements.
Provide each team with a data set (related to their scenario) and instruct teams to:
- Identify Trends: What trends can they identify in the data? (e.g. correlation between variables).
- Analyse Relationships: What variables seem to have a relationship with others?
(e.g. does age correlate with the likelihood of a certain disease?)
- Draw Conclusions: Based on the data, what conclusions can they make?
(e.g. should health providers focus on a particular demographic?)
Revision Questions
1. Define big data.
2. Describe methods necessary to ensure privacy of personal information.
3. Explain how big data is used in the health system.
4. Analyse how big data reduces healthcare spending.
5. Evaluate how big data is used to cure and manage health issues.
Sample Answers
Sample answers coming soon.
