Using health data: applying technology to work smarter

Using Health Data addresses the enduring problem faced by most healthcare workers: the transformation and presentation of data into meaningful and accessible information. This practical new text will guide the manipulation of health data needed by the 'doers' and 'users' of health data. Using Health Data takes'real' examples from healthcare practice to illustrate, demonstrate and provide advice. It also describes various quantitative quality control charting andplotting methods to enable the effective presentation of data. While the textaddresses the fundamentals of data manipulation, the interactive companion website allows readers to practice transforming real data into meaningful information.Using Health Data will aid the reader in:- understanding how to transform qualitative data into quantitative measures; - linking data from multiple sources to create new information and - differentiating between different types of health data; administrative, for planning or resource scheduling; and clinical evidence. INDICE: Section 1IntroductionPrinciples of data entry and quality - Rationale- Why do we have standards? - What is data? - Why do we need clean data? Principles of data storage and retrieval- Security of data- Confidentiality of data- Ethical use of dataSection 2 Data Manipulation Transforming Database DataBasicsStructure Find, Sort, GroupQueriesSharingAnalysing the dataCross tab analysisChartsWays of Presenting this Data Creating meaningful charts Reading ChartsWhat do they tell you? Employing GraphicsTips and TricksTransforming Spreadsheet Data BasicsStructureFiltering and SortingWildcardsFormatting DataAnalysing the dataSummarising data'What if' analysisWays of Presenting this Data Creating meaningful charts Reading ChartsWhat do they tell you? Employing GraphicsTips and Tricks Transforming Word processor Data Simple Research Section 3 Presenting Data for ImpactWord- Document PresentationPowerPoint- Basics of presentationChartsWeb- Blogs- WikisWiFiTips and TricksConclusionFAQs

• ISBN: 978-0-7295-3889-3
• Editorial: Elsevier Science
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 11/08/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido