Healthcare Analytics for Quality and Performance Improvement
- 4h 2m
- Trevor L. Strome
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2013
Healthcare Analytics for Quality and Performance Improvement walks your healthcare organization from relying on generic reports and dashboards to developing powerful analytic applications that drive effective decision-making throughout your organization. Renowned healthcare analytics leader Trevor Strome reveals in this groundbreaking volume the true potential of analytics to harness the vast amounts of data being generated in order to improve the decision-making ability of healthcare managers and improvement teams.
- Examines how technology has impacted healthcare delivery
- Discusses the challenge facing healthcare organizations: to leverage advances in both clinical and information technology to improve quality and performance while containing costs
- Explores the tools and techniques to analyze and extract value from healthcare data
- Demonstrates how the clinical, business, and technology components of healthcare organizations (HCOs) must work together to leverage analytics
Other industries are already taking advantage of big data. Healthcare Analytics for Quality and Performance Improvement helps the healthcare industry make the most of the precious data already at its fingertips for long-overdue quality and performance improvement.
About the Author
Trevor Strome has nearly two decades of healthcare informatics, data management, quality improvement, and analytics experience. Trevor is Analytics and Process Improvement Lead for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Emergency Program, and Assistant Professor at the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba. Trevor leads the development and implementation of innovative analytics tools for use in healthcare quality and performance improvement initiatives, and he frequently lectures on statistics, informatics, and quality improvement.
In addition to this book, Trevor has coauthored three book chapters and numerous articles on various healthcare-related topics. An in-demand speaker on the topic of healthcare analytics, Trevor has shared his unique experience and insight with audiences throughout North America and around the world.
In this Book
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Healthcare Analytics for Quality and Performance Improvement
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Preface
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Toward Healthcare Improvement Using Analytics
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Fundamentals of Healthcare Analytics
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Developing an Analytics Strategy to Drive Change
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Defining Healthcare Quality and Value
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Data Quality and Governance
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Working with Data
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Developing and Using Effective Indicators
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Leveraging Analytics in Quality Improvement Activities
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Basic Statistical Methods and Control Chart Principles
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Usability and Presentation of Information
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Advanced Analytics in Healthcare
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Becoming an Analytical Healthcare Organization
