Data Analytics in Health Care (DAHC)

About This Course

1. Understand the strategic importance of data, data governance and data-driven culture to a healthcare organization.
2. Know where and how to acquire various primary and secondary data sources and understand healthcare data characteristics to define and derive Key Performance Indicators to monitor quality and safety of care
3. Acquire the skills to plan, execute, acquire and analyze data, measure and interpret outcomes for commonly used study designs in healthcare
4. Acquire the analytic skills to derive statistical indices, charts and graphs to facilitate operations and planning, evaluation of performance goals and improve service delivery and patient outcomes
'5. Acquire the analytic skills to perform statistical estimations and statistical hypothesis testing to enhance the quality and rigor of management and research reports.
6. Acquire the analytic skills to utilize statistical techniques to predict healthcare outcomes
7. Identify data limitations and understand how to resolve them.
8. Acquire analytic skills using the open-source R statistical software and the R-Commander tool.