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Health information systems : design issues and analytic applications /
This book provides practical guidance on using information systems effectively to answer questions posed by a variety of stakeholders in the U.S. health care system, including consumers, purchasers, providers, and health system administrators. Providing an introduction to health services research te...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Monica, CA :
Rand,
©1998.
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| Colección: | Directions in health services research and policy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""ABOUT THE SERIES DIRECTIONS IN HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH AND POLICY""; ""FOREWORD""; ""FIGURES""; ""TABLES""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""WHAT DO STAKEHOLDERS WANT TO KNOW?""; ""WHAT IS WRONG WITH CURRENT HEALTH SYSTEM INFORMATION?""; ""BUILDING AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM""; ""DATA SOURCES FOR AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM""; ""WHAT KIND OF DATA SHOULD AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM INCLUDE?""; ""What Questions Do Stakeholders Want Answered?""; ""When Do Stakeholders Need Answers?""; ""What Are the Consequences of Acting on Inaccurate Information?""
- ""WHEN IS EXPERT HELP REQUIRED?""""DATA SOURCES FOR AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM""; ""ENROLLMENT DATA""; ""Uses of Enrollment Data""; ""Problems with Existing Enrollment Data""; ""ADMINISTRATIVE DATA""; ""Uses of Administrative Data""; ""Problems with Existing Administrative Data""; ""CLINICAL DATA""; ""Uses of Clinical Data""; ""Problems with Existing Clinical Data""; ""SURVEY DATA""; ""Uses of Survey Data""; ""Problems with Survey Data""; ""OTHER DATA SOURCES""; ""STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING THE UTILITY OF INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS""; ""FOR MORE DETAIL""
- ""WHAT CONSUMERS OF RESEARCH NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ANALYSIS""""FORMULATING THE QUESTION""; ""DESIGNING THE STUDY""; ""IDENTIFYING THE DATA SOURCE""; ""CONSTRUCTING THE ANALYSIS FILE""; ""Restricting the File to a Subset of Individuals""; ""Selecting Variables""; ""Merging Data from Different Sources""; ""Initial Data Quality Checks""; ""SELECTING AN APPROPRIATE ANALYTIC TECHNIQUE""; ""INTERPRETING THE RESULTS""; ""FOR MORE DETAIL""; ""THINKING STRATEGICALLY ABOUT INFORMATION SYSTEMS""; ""DESCRIPTION OF DATA SOURCES AND RELATED ISSUES""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DATA SOURCES: EXISTING SYSTEMS""
- ""Administrative Data""""Enrollment Data""; ""Clinical Data""; ""Survey Data""; ""Other Data Sources""; ""PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE THE UTILITY OF HEALTH DATA SYSTEMS""; ""Lack of Unique Identifiers for Linking Purposes""; ""Varying Levels of Data Quality""; ""Nonuniformity of Data Elements Across Different Data Systems""; ""Enhancements to the Existing Set of Data Elements""; ""GENERAL ANALYSIS ISSUES""; ""FORMULATING THE QUESTION""; ""DESIGNING THE STUDY""; ""IDENTIFYING THE DATA SOURCE""; ""CONSTRUCTING AN ANALYSIS FILE""
- ""Restricting the File to a Subset of Individuals""""Selecting Variables""; ""Merging Data from Different Sources""; ""Initial Data Quality Checks""; ""A SAMPLER OF ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES""; ""Description""; ""Inference""; ""a, ""; ""b""; ""Prediction""; ""INTERPRETING THE RESULTS""; ""DEVELOPING AND USING A CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""HOW WILL A CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM WORK?""; ""HOW DO CLINICAL DATA DIFFER FROM ADMINISTRATIVE DATA?""; ""WHY IS SEVERITY ADJUSTMENT IMPORTANT?""; ""WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IDEAL CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM?""