Using Health Data: Applying Technology to Work Smarter - Brossura

Grain, Heather; Procter, Paula

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ISBN 10: 0729538893 ISBN 13: 9780729538893

Casa editrice: Churchill Livingstone, 2008

Riassunto

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 and plotting methods to enable the effective presentation of data. While the text addresses 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.

• concise and practical guide to using data for health students and practitioners
• information is divided into accessible sections with clear and straightforward progression of skills
• screen dumps, charts and graphs are integrated throughout
• icons in the text direct readers to web-based activities
• Tips and Tricks at end of each section, and FAQs at the end of the text
• activities are built around real-world examples in healthcare

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Recensione

"The reader is taken through the core functions of the programs clearly and logically...The book is useful for students and qualified staff who need Office to write letters, analyse basic data, create a database and give a presentation...This is a helpful source of information.

Nursing Standard, 26 May 2010

"With a clear shift around the globe, in relation to data management and computer based patient management systems, this book will inform and practically engage those who want to learn more. With any computer base publication currency is limited but for those who want to safely experiment or need ideas of how to present information this book is likely to be very helpful."

Journal of Orthopaedic Nursing

Contenuti

Section 1

Introduction

Principles 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 data

Section 2 Data Manipulation

Transforming Database Data

Basics

Structure

Find, Sort, Group

Queries

Sharing

Analysing the data

Cross tab analysis

Charts

Ways of Presenting this Data

Creating meaningful charts

Reading Charts

What do they tell you?

Employing Graphics

Tips and Tricks

Transforming Spreadsheet Data

Basics

Structure

Filtering and Sorting

Wildcards

Formatting Data

Analysing the data

Summarising data

'What if' analysis

Ways of Presenting this Data

Creating meaningful charts

Reading Charts

What do they tell you?

Employing Graphics

Tips and Tricks

Transforming Word processor Data

Simple Research

Section 3 Presenting Data for Impact

Word

- Document Presentation

PowerPoint

- Basics of presentation

Charts

Web

- Blogs

- Wikis

WiFi

Tips and Tricks

Conclusion

FAQs

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Churchill Livingstone
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0729538893
• ISBN 13: 9780729538893
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 276
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Barbara Criscuolo; b.criscuolo@lswr.it; ; Via Spadolini, 7; Milano; 20141; Italia