96333 Contemporary Approaches to Health Analytics

Description

This subject is an extension of the knowledge and skill students learnt in the subject “92917 – Using Healthcare Data for Decision Making” and focuses on the skills used to deliver clinical and programmatic insights into the complex interdependencies that drive health outcomes. Students learn how to extract data from databases to answer a research question, and to use appropriate software to profile data to check for data quality. Students also learn how to preform descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive analytics on healthcare data. The analytic skills acquired from this subject enable health information management graduates to effectively work in a data rich healthcare environment.