Example Health code pattern series

About this series

This series of code patterns, which focuses on a fictional health care company, demonstrates how cloud technology can access data stored on z/OS Systems. You'll learn how to access large amounts of data stored on a Db2 database and a CICS application, and you'll use z/OS Connect and API Connect to expose the data through REST APIs. z/OS Connect gives you a way to unleash your existing market-differentiating IBM assets with RESTful APIs. API Connect allows automated API creation, simple discovery of assets, self-service access for developers, and built-in security and governance. z/OS Connect exposes the data from Db2 and CICS as REST APIs, then API Connect is used to create a way to easily access the APIs through an intuitive portal.

• Code pattern
  Transform and load big data CSV files into a database
  Learn how to generate a set of CSV files, transform them using a tool called SQLite, and load them to a Db2 for z/OS database using a JDBC function called zload.

• Code pattern
  Machine learning using synthesized patient health records
  Train a machine learning model to predict type 2 diabetes using synthesized patient health records. Using synthesized data allows you to learn about building a model without having to worry about privacy issues associated with the use of real patient health records.

• Code pattern
  Create a health data analytics app with legacy mainframe code and the cloud
  A fictional healthcare and insurance company has a Node.js-based analytics web application for a health records system. The web application is designed to showcase the best in class integration of modern cloud technology in collaboration with legacy mainframe code.

• Code pattern
  Create portal to access large amounts of data
  Learn how to expose data from a Db2 database and a CICS application through z/OS Connect and create APIs to access that data with IBM API Connect.