chapter 1. Introduction / Herb Smaltz -- chapter 2. Healthcare and the big data v’s / Prashant Natarajan -- chapter 3. Data : how to get started / John Frenzel -- chapter 4. Big data : challenges / John Frenzel -- chapter 5. Best practices : separating myth from realty / Prashant Natarajan -- chapter 6. Big data advanced topics / John Frenzel and Herb Smaltz -- chapter 7. Applied machine learning for healthcare / Prashant Natarajan and Bob Rogers.