Health information systems : design issues and analytic applications / / Elizabeth A. McGlynn ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910817488103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, c1998
• ISBN: 0-8330-4393-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): McGlynnElizabeth A
• Disciplina: 362.1/068/4
• Soggetti: Health services administration - Data processing; Information storage and retrieval systems - Medical care
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-269) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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?""; ""Diagnoses Must Be Valid""