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This is the third post in a series in which I describe the common types of healthcare data you will come across, namely, diagnoses, procedures, demographic, drug, laboratory result data, clinical notes and financial data. In previous posts, I described diagnosis and procedure codes. Here, I describe drug codes. Drug codes primarily record clinical/dosage information of … Continue reading Types of healthcare data – Drug codes
This post describes some of the commonly seen types of errors in healthcare data. Occasionally, memories flash across my mind, of the days I spent in maths lectures, of being amazed at the clean, efficient and elegant proofs that demonstrate the logical integrity of abstract maths theorems. Fast forward to today, I more often than … Continue reading Ugly side of healthcare data
This is the first in a series of posts to illustrate analytic methods of getting insights out of healthcare data: Please download the companion workbook here. Context: Medical practice managers are often requested to track physician productivity, whether against targets or identify areas of improvements, for example through practice dashboards. Below is an example of how … Continue reading Confessions of health data – 1
This is the second post in a series in which I describe the common types of healthcare data you will come across, namely, diagnoses, procedures, demographic, drug, laboratory result data, clinical notes and financial data. In this previous post, I described diagnose. Here, I describe procedures codes. Procedure codes serve two primary purposes, clinical record … Continue reading Types of healthcare data – Procedure code
Practice managers and division administrators are often tasked with reporting on how a medical practice is doing. This can be a daunting task, especially for those who are not yet analytics gurus. In this post, I describe the 6 steps to building a practice dashboard. 1. Understand the aim Why you're doing the report dictates … Continue reading 6 steps to building a medical practice dashboard
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