Data Analytics in Healthcare Research: Tools and Strategies

Proficiency in data analytics is increasingly important for all health information managers and informaticians. Data Analytics in Healthcare Research: Tools and Strategies provides authentic case studies regarding how to conduct health data analytics and secondary research studies. The cases provide experience with databases and statistical software for data extraction, normalization, transformation, visualization, and statistical analyses. By combining open-source data and open-source analytic tools, this textbook, along with online datasets, provides faculty and students a unique opportunity to experience big data from a truly hands-on perspective. Key Features Provides research and analytic case studies, including step-by- step instructions for analyzing healthcare data and using statistical techniques Offers remote access to SQL healthcare-related database for big data analysis Includes access to database queries and statistical platform scripts for use in the classroom Uses a database consisting of open-source data from a variety of federal agencies including the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the US Census Bureau Utilizes MySQL Workbench, Microsoft Excel, R, and RStudio for statistical analysis and data visualization