Healthcare Analytics Essentials

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Healthcare Analytics Essentials

Instructor: Martin Kohn

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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No prior experience required

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1 week at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

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There are 4 modules in this course

This course is best suited for individuals currently in the healthcare sector, as a provider, payer, or administrator. Individuals pursuing a career change to the healthcare sector may also be interested in this course.

In this course, you will have an opportunity to examine topics related to data-driven decision making in healthcare. You will be asked to consider both the patient and provider perspective and their contributions to improving the quality of care provided. Through the readings, the application of the analytical tools, and the concepts and principles in this course, you will have a more comprehensive understanding of the complexity of healthcare delivery organizations and how they affect patient care delivery and ultimately patient medical outcomes. This course provides you the opportunity to: ~ Describe how healthcare business analytics fits into the data science and business disciplines ~ Identify key current issues in analytics and data science ~ Describe how business analytics integrates with business strategy

This course will help you to see how healthcare analytics fits into data science and business analytics. It will invite you to apply analytical thinking to understanding healthcare delivery, improving quality of patient care, and integrating analytics into the organization’s overall strategy.

What's included

1 video14 readings4 assignments2 app items1 discussion prompt

1 videoTotal 1 minute

Meet your faculty: Martin Kohn1 minute

14 readingsTotal 42 minutes

Welcome to Healthcare Analytics Essentials1 minute
Providing Mayo Insights: Dr. Dowdy5 minutes
Syllabus - Healthcare Analytics Essentials 10 minutes
Module 1 Overview1 minute
What is Statistics?1 minute
Categories of Data1 minute
References: Introductory Statistics10 minutes
Introduction to Business Analytics1 minute
Descriptive Analytics2 minutes
Diagnostic Analytics2 minutes
Applying Predictive Analytics2 minutes
Developing Predictive Models: Workflow2 minutes
Prescriptive Analytics2 minutes
Module Summary2 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 26 minutes

Check Your Knowledge4 minutes
Open-ended Question5 minutes
Apply Your Knowledge5 minutes
Module Quiz12 minutes

2 app itemsTotal 10 minutes

Quantitative and Qualitative Data5 minutes
Descriptive Statistics5 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 20 minutes

Meet Your Fellow Learners20 minutes

In this module, you will learn about the various aspects of healthcare outcomes and how you can choose the relevant and important ones. You will be introduced to the different types of measurements, the challenges of outcome measurement, and the importance of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurements (PROMs). You will also learn about analyzing data, interpreting the results, and the challenges involved in collecting the data and using it to implement plans.

What's included

8 videos9 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt

8 videosTotal 37 minutes

Why Do We Measure?3 minutes
Positive and Negative Measures5 minutes
Outcomes Measurement6 minutes
Outcome Requirement Challenges5 minutes
Outcomes Data Challenges6 minutes
Outcomes Research3 minutes
Outcomes that Matter3 minutes
PROMS7 minutes

9 readingsTotal 102 minutes

Module Overview1 minute
Different Kinds of Measurements, Their Accessibility and Utility3 minutes
Lesson Readings25 minutes
Requirements and Challenges Involved with Outcomes2 minutes
Lesson Readings30 minutes
Summary2 minutes
Role of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in Healthcare10 minutes
Patient Decision Aids to Understand Likely Outcomes4 minutes
Lesson Readings25 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 21 minutes

Check Your Knowledge4 minutes
Check Your Knowledge4 minutes
Module Quiz10 minutes
Honors Quiz3 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 60 minutes

Medical Outcome Measures60 minutes

In this module, you will learn how to define quality of care, explain the components of evaluating physicians and discuss how formal performance measures, as well as surveys, are tracked and reported. The content covered in this module will provide a better understanding of the relationship between using business analytics to guide and influence both process and change management.

What's included

7 videos8 readings5 assignments1 peer review

7 videosTotal 35 minutes

Physician Evaluation7 minutes
Process Review3 minutes
Outcomes Performance Measures6 minutes
Patient Surveys4 minutes
Managing Physician Change8 minutes
Incentives for Change Management5 minutes
Nudging2 minutes

8 readingsTotal 85 minutes

Module Overview2 minutes
Physician Evaluation 2 minutes
Lesson Readings30 minutes
Aspects of Outcomes Measurement2 minutes
Lesson Readings25 minutes
Managing Physician Change2 minutes
Lesson Readings20 minutes
Summary2 minutes

5 assignmentsTotal 19 minutes

Question to Consider2 minutes
Check Your Knowledge3 minutes
Check Your Knowledge4 minutes
Check Your Knowledge5 minutes
Module Quiz5 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 120 minutes

Data Driven Decision Making120 minutes

In this module you will learn about physician burnout and its effects on patient care, the importance of the peer review panel process to ensuring quality care delivery, the characteristics and sustainability of high reliability organizations, and the role of business analytics to identify errors in high reliability organizations.

What's included

7 videos10 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt

7 videosTotal 36 minutes

Physician Burnout5 minutes
Addressing Burnout4 minutes
Addressing Physician Burnout and Standards of Reliability at Mayo Clinic7 minutes
Peer Review Panels8 minutes
Approaches for Change4 minutes
HROs4 minutes
HRO Errors4 minutes

10 readingsTotal 88 minutes

Module Overview2 minutes
Physician Burnout2 minutes
Lesson Readings23 minutes
Peer Review Panels2 minutes
Lesson Readings20 minutes
High Reliability Organizations2 minutes
HROs — Quality Strategy, Principles, and Approach10 minutes
Lesson Readings20 minutes
Summary5 minutes
Congratulations!2 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 9 minutes

Check Your Knowledge2 minutes
Check Your Knowledge2 minutes
Check Your Knowledge2 minutes
Module Quiz3 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 60 minutes

Importance of Care Delivery Processes60 minutes

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Martin Kohn

Northeastern University

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