The accidental analyst : show your data who's boss
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26318
Eileen McDaniel, Stephen McDaniel.
--Seattle, WA:
Freakalytics
, c2012.
- Call Number
- HD 30.4 M134 2012
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
Are you drowning in a sea of data? Would you like to take control of your data and analysis to quickly answer your business questions and make critical decisions? Do you want to confidently present results and solutions to managers, colleagues, clients and the public? If so, you are an Accidental Analyst! Although you didn't plan for a career as a data analyst, you're now in a position where you have to analyze data to be successful. Whether you've been working with data for a few years or are…
- Call Number
- HD 30.4 M134 2012
- Author
- McDaniel, Eileen
- Other Authors
- McDaniel, Stephen
- Responsibility
- Eileen McDaniel, Stephen McDaniel
- Place of Publication
- Seattle, WA
- Publisher
- Freakalytics
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 288 p.
- ISBN
- 9781477432266
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Data Interpretation, Statistical
- Statistics as Topic
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Business--Research
- Industrial management--Statistical methods
- Mathematical statistics--Data processing
- Abstract
- Are you drowning in a sea of data? Would you like to take control of your data and analysis to quickly answer your business questions and make critical decisions? Do you want to confidently present results and solutions to managers, colleagues, clients and the public? If so, you are an Accidental Analyst! Although you didn't plan for a career as a data analyst, you're now in a position where you have to analyze data to be successful. Whether you've been working with data for a few years or are just getting started, you can learn how to analyze your data to find answers to real-world questions. Even if you're an expert, you'll find creative ideas on how to work with accidental analysts. Using illustrated examples, we'll walk you through a clear, step-by-step framework that we call The Seven C's of Data Analysis.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Advanced concepts in surgical research
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33095
edited by Mohit Bhandari, Bernd Robioneck ; associate editor, Emil Schemitsch ; managing editor, Sheila Sprague ; with contributions by Volker Alt ... [et al.].
--Stuttgart:
Thieme
, c2012.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Advanced Concepts in Surgical Research is a practical, reader-friendly guide to planning, conducting, and evaluating solid, evidence-based surgical research that leads to high-quality results. Geared to the investigator who has already mastered basic principles, this book focuses on more advanced topics such as randomized controlled trials, survey design, observational studies, meta analyses, statistical concepts, reporting of data, and much more.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Responsibility
- edited by Mohit Bhandari, Bernd Robioneck ; associate editor, Emil Schemitsch ; managing editor, Sheila Sprague ; with contributions by Volker Alt ... [et al.]
- Place of Publication
- Stuttgart
- Publisher
- Thieme
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 225 p.)
- ISBN
- 9783131658111
- 9783131670212 (eISBN)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biomedical Research - methods
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- General Surgery
- Research Design
- Statistics as Topic
- Specialty
- General Surgery
- Research
- Abstract
- Advanced Concepts in Surgical Research is a practical, reader-friendly guide to planning, conducting, and evaluating solid, evidence-based surgical research that leads to high-quality results. Geared to the investigator who has already mastered basic principles, this book focuses on more advanced topics such as randomized controlled trials, survey design, observational studies, meta analyses, statistical concepts, reporting of data, and much more.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Basic allied health statistics and analysis
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41152
Gerda Koch.
--Clifton Park, NY:
Delmar Cengage Learning
, c2008.
- Call Number
- WX 158 K76b 2008
- Location
- Cape Breton Regional
This comprehensive resource is designed to explain how statistics are computed and applied in health care settings. The hands-on method requires you to think through a problem and choose the appropriate data to apply. Detailed examples and numerous practice opportunities present a step-by-step learning path that encourages mastery of concepts.
- Call Number
- WX 158 K76b 2008
- Author
- Koch, Gerda
- Responsibility
- Gerda Koch
- Alternate Title
- Allied health statistics and analysis
- Place of Publication
- Clifton Park, NY
- Publisher
- Delmar Cengage Learning
- Date of Publication
- c2008
- Physical Description
- 342 p.
- ISBN
- 9781428320895
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Facilities
- Hospitalization
- Statistics as Topic
- Abstract
- This comprehensive resource is designed to explain how statistics are computed and applied in health care settings. The hands-on method requires you to think through a problem and choose the appropriate data to apply. Detailed examples and numerous practice opportunities present a step-by-step learning path that encourages mastery of concepts.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Cape Breton Regional
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Basic & clinical biostatistics
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat20136
Beth Dawson, Robert G. Trapp.
(3rd ed.)
--New York, NY:
Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill
, 2001.
- Call Number
- WA 950 D272b 2001
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WA 950 D272b 2001
- Author
- Dawson, Beth
- Other Authors
- Trapp, Robert G.
- Responsibility
- Beth Dawson, Robert G. Trapp
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Alternate Title
- Basic and clinical biostatistics
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill
- Date of Publication
- 2001
- Physical Description
- 399 p.
- ISBN
- 0838505104
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biometry
- Statistics as Topic
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Biostatistics for Radiologists : Planning, Performing, and Writing a Radiologic Study
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29137
by Francesco Sardanelli, Giovanni Leo.
--Milan:
Springer
, c2009.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Sardanelli, Francesco
- Other Authors
- Leo, Giovanni
- Responsibility
- by Francesco Sardanelli, Giovanni Leo
- Place of Publication
- Milan
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2009
- ISBN
- 9788847011335
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biometry
- Radiography
- Research Design
- Statistics as Topic
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Radiology, Medical
- Statistics
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clinical research for surgeons
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat27689
edited by Mohit Bhandari, Anders Joensson.
--Stuttgart:
Thieme
, c2009.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Bhandari, Morit
- Joensson, Anders
- Responsibility
- edited by Mohit Bhandari, Anders Joensson
- Place of Publication
- Stuttgart
- Publisher
- Thieme
- Date of Publication
- c2009
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 315 p.)
- ISBN
- 9783131439314
- 9783131494511 (eISBN)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- Ethics, Research
- General Surgery
- Research Design
- Statistics as Topic
- Treatment Outcome
- Specialty
- General Surgery
- Research
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clinical trials : a methodologic perspective
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat22583
Piantadosi, Steven.
(2nd ed.)
--Hoboken, NJ:
Wiley-Interscience
, 2005.
- Call Number
- WA 950 P581c 2005
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WA 950 P581c 2005
- Author
- Piantadosi, Steven
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Hoboken, NJ
- Publisher
- Wiley-Interscience
- Date of Publication
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 687 p.
- Series Title
- Wiley series in probability and statistics
- ISBN
- 0471727814
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
A clinician's guide to statistics and epidemiology in mental health : measuring truth and uncertainty
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24454
Ghaemi, S. Nassir.
--New York, NY:
Cambridge University Press
, 2009.
- Call Number
- WM 30 G411c 2009
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Call Number
- WM 30 G411c 2009
- Author
- Ghaemi, S. Nassir
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 151 p.
- ISBN
- 9780521703583
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Psychiatry - methods
- Statistics as Topic
- Mental Disorders - epidemiology
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
A clinician's guide to statistics and epidemiology in mental health : measuring truth and uncertainty
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat27750
S. Nassir Ghaemi.
--Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press
, 2009.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Ghaemi, S. Nassir
- Responsibility
- S. Nassir Ghaemi
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 151 p.
- Series Title
- Cambridge medicine
- ISBN
- 9780511581250 (ebook)
- 9780521709583 (paperback)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Mental Disorders - epidemiology
- Psychiatry - methods
- Statistics as Topic
- Contents
- Why data never speak for themselves -- Why you cannot believe your eyes : the three C's -- Levels of evidence -- Types of bias -- Randomization -- Regression -- Hypothesis testing : the dreaded p-value and statistical significance -- The use of hypothesis testing statistics in clinical trials -- The better alternative : effect estimation -- What does causation mean? -- A philosophy of statistics -- Evidence-based medicine : defense and criticism -- The alchemy of meta-analysis -- Bayesian statistics : why your opinion counts -- How journal articles get published -- How scientific research impacts practice -- Dollars, data, and drugs -- Bioethics and the clinician/researcher divide.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Essentials of clinical research
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33263
Stephen P. Glasser, editor.
(Second edition)
--Cham, Switzerland:
Springer
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
In its extensively revised and updated Second Edition, this book provides a solid foundation for readers interested in clinical research. Discussion encompasses genetic, pharmacoepidemiologic and implementation research. All chapters have been updated with new information and many new tables have been added to elucidate key points. The book now offers discussion on how to handle missing data when analyzing results, and coverage of Adaptive Designs and Effectiveness Designs and new sections on C…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Glasser, Stephen P
- Responsibility
- Stephen P. Glasser, editor
- Edition
- Second edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham, Switzerland
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vi, 461 pages)
- ISBN
- 9783319054704 (electronic bk.)
- 9783319054698
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biomedical Research - methods
- Clinical Trials as Topic - methods
- Statistics as Topic - methods
- Abstract
- In its extensively revised and updated Second Edition, this book provides a solid foundation for readers interested in clinical research. Discussion encompasses genetic, pharmacoepidemiologic and implementation research. All chapters have been updated with new information and many new tables have been added to elucidate key points. The book now offers discussion on how to handle missing data when analyzing results, and coverage of Adaptive Designs and Effectiveness Designs and new sections on Comparative Effectiveness Research and Pragmatic Trials. Chapter 6 includes new material on Phase 0 Trials, expanded coverage of Futility Trials, a discussion of Medical Device approval, Off Label Drug use and the role of the FDA in regulating advertising. Additional new information includes the role of pill color and shape in association with the placebo effect and an examination of issues surrounding minority recruitment. The final chapter offers a new section on manuscript preparation along with a discussion of various guidelines being adopted by journals: CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, MOOSE and others; and coverage of Conflicts of Interest, Authorship, Coercive Citation, and Disclosures in Industry-Related Associations. Building on the strengths of its predecessor in its comprehensive approach and authoritative advice, the new edition offers more of what has made this book a popular, trusted resource for students and working researchers alike.
- Contents
- The Beginning - Historical Aspects of Clinical Research, Clinical Research: Definitions, "Anatomy and Physiology," and the Quest for "Universal Truth" -- Introduction to Clinical Research Concepts, Essential Characteristics of Clinical Research, Overview of Clinical Research Study Designs -- A Focus on Clinical Trials -- Alternative Interventional Study Designs -- Phase 4 (Postmarketing) Research -- The Role of the USA Food and Drug Administration in Clinical Research -- The Placebo and Nocebo Effect -- Recruitment and Retention in Clinical Research -- Data Safety and Monitoring Boards (DSMBs) -- Meta-analysis, Evidence-Based Medicine, and Clinical Guidelines -- Research Methods for Genetic Studies -- Research Methods for Pharmacoepidemiology Studies -- Implementation Research: Beyond the Traditional Randomized Controlled Trial -- Research Methodology for Studies of Diagnostic Tests -- Statistical Power and Sample Size: Some Fundamentals for Clinician Researchers -- Association, Cause, and Correlation -- Bias, Confounding, and Effect Modification (Interaction) -- It's All About Uncertainty -- Grant and Manuscript Writing -- The Media and Clinical Research -- Mentoring and Advising -- Presentation Skills: How to Present Research Results.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Foundations of clinical research : applications to practice
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat53407
Portney, Leslie G.
(3rd ed.)
--Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Pearson
, 2009.
- Call Number
- W 20.5 P853 2009
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Call Number
- W 20.5 P853 2009
- Author
- Portney, Leslie G.
- Other Authors
- Watkins, Mary P.
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Upper Saddle River, NJ
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Date of Publication
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 892 p.
- ISBN
- 9.78E+11
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biomedical Research - methods
- Statistics - methods
- Statistics as Topic - methods
- Research Design
- Format
- Book
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 2 weeks
Introduction to randomized controlled clinical trials
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat22874
Matthews, John NS.
(2nd ed.)
--Boca Raton, FL:
Chapman and Hall/CRC
, 2006.
- Call Number
- W 20.5 M439i 2006
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- W 20.5 M439i 2006
- Author
- Matthews, John NS
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Boca Raton, FL
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall/CRC
- Date of Publication
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 283 p.
- Series Title
- Texts in statistical science
- ISBN
- 1584886242
- 9781584886242
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
- Research Design
- Statistics as Topic
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Introduction to Statistical Methods in Pathology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42659
Amir Momeni, Matthew Pincus, Jenny Libien.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This text provides a comprehensive and practical review of the main statistical methods in pathology and laboratory medicine. It introduces statistical concepts used in pathology and laboratory medicine. The information provided is relevant to pathologists both for their day to day clinical practice as well as in their research and scholarly activities. The text will begins by explaining the fundamentals concepts in statistics. In the later sections, these fundamental concepts are expanded and …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Momeni, Amir
- Other Authors
- Pincus, Matthew
- Libien, Jenny
- Responsibility
- Amir Momeni, Matthew Pincus, Jenny Libien
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 317 p.) : 84 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319605432
- 9783319605425 (print ed.)
- 9783319605449 (print ed.)
- 9783319868837 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Clinical Laboratory Techniques
- Data Interpretation, Statistical
- Medical Laboratory Science
- Pathology, Clinical - methods
- Statistics as Topic
- Specialty
- Data Science
- Pathology
- Abstract
- This text provides a comprehensive and practical review of the main statistical methods in pathology and laboratory medicine. It introduces statistical concepts used in pathology and laboratory medicine. The information provided is relevant to pathologists both for their day to day clinical practice as well as in their research and scholarly activities. The text will begins by explaining the fundamentals concepts in statistics. In the later sections, these fundamental concepts are expanded and unique applications of statistical methods in pathology and laboratory medicine practice are introduced. Other sections of the text explain research methodology in pathology covering a broad range of topics from study design to analysis of data. Finally, data-heavy novel concepts that are emerging in pathology and pathology research are presented such as molecular pathology and pathology informatics. Introduction to Statistical Methods in Pathology will be of great value for pathologists, pathology residents, basic and translational researchers, laboratory managers and medical students.
- Contents
- 1. Why Every Pathologist Needs to Know Statistics -- 2. Assessing Diagnostic Tests -- 3. Probability and Probability Distribution -- 4. Linear Correlations -- 5. Cross Tabulation and Categorical Data Analysis -- 6. Comparing Sample Means -- 7. Multivariate Analysis -- 8. Imputation and Missing Data -- 9. Survival Analysis -- 10. Validation of New Tests -- 11. Statistical Concepts in Laboratory Quality Control -- 12. Critical Appraisal of Diagnostic Studies -- 13. Designing Diagnostic Studies -- 14. Statistical Concepts in Modern Pathology Practice.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Jekel's epidemiology, biostatistics, preventive medicine, and public health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat32236
by David L. Katz ... [et al.].
(4th ed.)
--Philadelphia, Pa. ; London:
Saunders
, 2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Access
- Registration required for PDF access.
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Katz, David L
- Jekel, James F
- Responsibility
- by David L. Katz ... [et al.]
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Alternate Title
- Epidemiology, biostatistics, preventive medicine, and public health
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pa. ; London
- Publisher
- Saunders
- Date of Publication
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 405 p.)
- ISBN
- 9781455706563 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Epidemiology
- Preventive Health Services
- Public Health
- Statistics as Topic
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Epidemiology
- Medical statistics
- Medicine, Preventive
- Preventive Health Services
- Public health
- Statistics as Topic
- Notes
- Formal title: Epidemiology, biostatistics, preventive medicine.
- Access
- Registration required for PDF access.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Measurement and Analysis in Transforming Healthcare Delivery. Volume 1, Quantitative Approaches in Health Systems Engineering
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40292
Peter J. Fabri.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This volume provides the important concepts necessary for a physician to participate in a reengineering process, develop decision-making skills based on probability and logic rather than "rules", and to measure and analyze meaningful outcomes of care delivery. This approach has been developed over ten years in a medical student-based program and has been enthusiastically embraced by medical students without backgrounds in engineering or statistics. More specifically, this text will introduce ph…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Fabri, Peter J
- Responsibility
- Peter J. Fabri
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 181 p. : 32 illus., 31 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319408125
- 9783319408101 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Data Interpretation, Statistical
- Decision Support Systems, Clinical
- Decision Support Techniques
- Statistics as Topic
- Abstract
- This volume provides the important concepts necessary for a physician to participate in a reengineering process, develop decision-making skills based on probability and logic rather than "rules", and to measure and analyze meaningful outcomes of care delivery. This approach has been developed over ten years in a medical student-based program and has been enthusiastically embraced by medical students without backgrounds in engineering or statistics. More specifically, this text will introduce physicians to relevant and available computer software, combined with an in depth knowledge of measurement, variation, and uncertainty. It provides a basis for the transformation of data into information, information into knowledge, and knowledge into wisdom. The first quarter of the book will address understanding and visualizing data, using statistical and graphic analysis. The next quarter addresses the fundamentals of applied statistics, and the application of conditional probability to clinical decision making. The next quarter addresses the four "cornerstones" of modern analytics: regression, classification, association analysis, and clustering. The final section addresses the identification of outliers and their importance in understanding, the assessment of cause and effect and the limitations associated with retrospective data analysis. This toolbox will prepare the interested physician to actively engage in the identification of problem areas, the design of process-based solutions, and the continuous assessment of outcomes of clinical practice. Armed with this toolbox, the reader will be "prepared to make a difference" in the rapidly changing world of healthcare delivery. Measurement and Analysis in Transforming Healthcare Delivery is an excellent resource for general practitioners, health administrators, and all medical professionals interacting with healthcare delivery.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction to Measurement and Analysis -- Part I. Managing Data -- 2. Data and Types of Data -- 3. Software for Analytics -- 4. Measurement and Uncertainty -- Part II. Applying a Scientific Approach to Data Analysis -- 5. Mathematical and Statistical Concepts in Data Analysis -- Part III. Techniques in Analysis -- 6. Analysis by Modeling Data -- 7. Principles of Supervised Learning -- 8. Unsupervised Machine Learning: Datasets Without Outcomes -- 9. Survival Analysis -- 10. Interpreting Outcomes: Cause and Effect and p-values -- Useful Tools -- Appendix: Using R.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Measurement and Analysis in Transforming Healthcare Delivery. Volume 2, Practical Applications to Engage and Align Providers and Consumers
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41562
Harry C. Sax, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This volume is complementary to Volume 1: Quantitative Approaches in Health Systems Engineering which provides in-depth analysis of the statistical and quantitative aspects of Health Systems Engineering. Volume 2: Practical Applications to Engage and Align Providers and Consumers builds upon these concepts with the integration of additional economic, performance and quality measures. Stressing the importance of changes in the economics of health care financing, it will serve as a resource for n…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Sax, Harry C
- Responsibility
- Harry C. Sax, editor
- Alternate Title
- Practical Applications to Engage and Align Providers and Consumers
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 126 pages) : 9 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319462226
- 9783319462202 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Decision Support Techniques
- Health Care Reform
- Quality Assurance, Health Care
- Statistics as Topic
- Abstract
- This volume is complementary to Volume 1: Quantitative Approaches in Health Systems Engineering which provides in-depth analysis of the statistical and quantitative aspects of Health Systems Engineering. Volume 2: Practical Applications to Engage and Align Providers and Consumers builds upon these concepts with the integration of additional economic, performance and quality measures. Stressing the importance of changes in the economics of health care financing, it will serve as a resource for not only leaders of organizations, but also providers who will be practicing a different type of medicine from that of which they were trained. After defining the challenges, the authors will quantify and define funds flows and various margins necessary for viability, how providers will be measured and rewarded for quality, and the importance of accurate dashboard of physician performance. Types of payment systems, including capitation, ACOs, risk contracts, and hybrid forms of fee for service will be defined and their relative advantages discussed. Lessons from other countries that provide high quality care at a lower cost will be examined for applicability to our challenges. Finally, experts in leadership will focus on influencing behavior to achieve results while remembering that healthcare is about the patient. This textbook will serve as a useful resource for clinicians, healthcare executives, governmental agencies, and emerging leaders in organizations.
- Contents
- Healthcare Transformation: What are the Challenges? -- Terminology and Applications: Hospital Performance Measures -- Measurements and Analysis in Transforming Healthcare Deliver--Terminology and Applications: Physician Performance -- Assuring Appropriate Care -- Aligning Medical Staff within the Academic Medical Center -- Aligning Healthcare Systems -- Influencing with Integrity -- Perspectives from Single Payer Systems -- Leadership to Encourage and Sustain Performance.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Medical illuminations : using evidence, visualization and statistical thinking to improve healthcare
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33055
Howard Wainer.
--New York, NY:
Oxford University Press
, 2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Wainer, Howard
- Responsibility
- Howard Wainer
- Alternate Title
- Using evidence, visualization & statistical thinking to improve healthcare
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date of Publication
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource, 175 p.
- ISBN
- 9780191646034
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Medical statistics
- Evidence-based medicine
- Delivery of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
- Contents
- New York's cancer maps : what we don't know won't hurt us, it's what we do know that ain't -- A centenary celebration for Will Burtin : a pioneer of scientific visualization -- That's funny ... -- Commentary on some graphs in the 2008 National Healthcare Quality Report -- Improving graphic displays by controlling creativity -- Diabetes and the obesity : taking a better look at blood sugar as a start -- A second look at second opinions, with hip fractures as an example -- False positives, or, Is a pound of prevention worth an ounce of cure -- Assessing long-term risk with shorter-term data -- A remarkable horse : an inquiry into the accuracy of medical predictions -- On the role of replication in the advance of science : the survival of the fittist -- What does it take to change practice? -- Why is a raven like a writing desk? Musing on the power of convention.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Medical Informatics : Knowledge Management and Data Mining in Biomedicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29518
edited by Hsinchun Chen, Sherrilynne S. Fuller, Carol Friedman, William Hersh.
--Boston, MA:
Springer Science+Business Media
, c2005.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Chen, Hsinchun
- Other Authors
- Fuller, Sherrilynne S
- Friedman, Carol
- Hersh, William
- Responsibility
- edited by Hsinchun Chen, Sherrilynne S. Fuller, Carol Friedman, William Hersh
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Date of Publication
- c2005
- Series Vol.
- 8
- Series Title
- Integrated Series in Information Systems
- ISBN
- 9780387257396
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Medical Informatics
- Information Management
- Statistics as Topic
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Telecommunication in medicine
- Bioinformatics
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Medical statistics : a guide to SPSS, data analysis, and critical appraisal
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33206
Belinda Barton, Jennifer Peat.
(2nd ed.)
--Chichester, West Sussex, UK:
John Wiley & Sons
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Statistics provides the necessary statistical tools to enable researchers to undertake and understand evidence-based clinical research. It is a practical guide to conducting statistical research and interpreting statistics in the context of how the participants were recruited, how the study was designed, what types of variables were used, what effect size was found, and what the P values mean. It guides researchers through the process of selecting the correct statistics and show how to best re…
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- View e-Book
- Author
- Barton, Belinda
- Other Authors
- Peat, Jennifer K
- Responsibility
- Belinda Barton, Jennifer Peat
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Chichester, West Sussex, UK
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- ISBN
- 9781118589915 (electronic bk.)
- 1118589912 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Data Interpretation, Statistical
- Research Design
- SPSS (computer file)
- Statistics as Topic
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Medicine - Research - Statistical methods
- Medical statistics
- Statistics as Topic - methods
- Research Design
- Notes
- Author's names reversed on the first edition.
- Abstract
- Statistics provides the necessary statistical tools to enable researchers to undertake and understand evidence-based clinical research. It is a practical guide to conducting statistical research and interpreting statistics in the context of how the participants were recruited, how the study was designed, what types of variables were used, what effect size was found, and what the P values mean. It guides researchers through the process of selecting the correct statistics and show how to best report results for presentation and publication. Clear and concise explanations, combined with plenty of examples and tabulated explanations are based on the authors’ popular medical statistics courses.
- Contents
- Creating a SPSS data file and preparing to analyse the data -- Descriptive statistics -- Comparing two independent samples -- Paired and one-sample t-tests -- Analysis of variance -- Analyses of longitudinal data -- Correlation and regression -- Rates and proportions -- Risk statistics -- Tests of reliability and agreement -- Diagnostic statistics -- Survival analyses.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Medical statistics : a textbook for health sciences
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat53812
Walters, Stephen J.
(5th ed.)
--[Hoboken, NJ]:
John Wiley & Sons
, 2021.
- Call Number
- WA 950 C189 2021
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Call Number
- WA 950 C189 2021
- Author
- Walters, Stephen J.
- Other Authors
- Campbell, Michael J.
- Machin, David
- Edition
- 5th ed.
- Place of Publication
- [Hoboken, NJ]
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 433 p.
- ISBN
- 9.78E+12
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biometry - methods
- Research Design
- Statistics as Topic
- Format
- Book
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 2 weeks
