Data Analytics for Healthcare Course  

About this Course:

Data analytics and machine learning have the power to transform healthcare! It has the potential to reduce the cost of treatment, predict disease outbreaks, prevent illnesses and improve the quality of care.

Over 90% of the worlds data has been produced in the last two years and yet only 5% of this data has been analysed. We are still at the start of our journey towards data driven healthcare, which has the potential to be a game changer. Don't get left behind - learn the fundamental skills of data analytics in this introductory course.

During this foundation course we'll explore the key concepts in data analytics and apply them to healthcare decision making. By the end of the course, you'll understand how data health analytics is evolving, the unique challenges it presents and how data analytics is set to revolutionise healthcare.

An essential for all healthcare managers and professionals.

By the end of this course, you’ll know how to:

• Understand key terminology and concepts
• Identify the data challenges facing healthcare
• Understand how different types of data collection methods and analysis techniques can improve healthcare.
• Understand the difference between data collection and data management
• Know the different ways to gather, validate and analyse data
• Understand the issues with managing and collecting data, for example small sample size
• Discuss and understand the power of machine learning and data visualisation
• Use the data analysis tools and techniques available in MS Excel to effectively interpret, validate and analyse data, to automate processes, visualise data and inform decision making.
• Apply knowledge to a series of case studies.

Who should take this course?

This course is perfect for healthcare managers and professionals who need to build upon their data skills as we head towards data driven healthcare.

How it's delivered: 

This course is delivered ‘live on-line’ with a trainer and can be accessed via a PC, Mac or Tablet. With live online, you can interact, ask questions and practice new skills – all without leaving your desk! Perfect for remote teams.  

Pricing:

Please get in touch for a quote if you'd like to book a live online course date for your organisation or team only

Topics Covered

• Data challenges facing healthcare
• Different types of data and how it collected and stored
• Data collections vs data management
• Data analytics tools and techniques
• Using data to solve problems
• Data visualisation: Using data to tell a compelling story!
• Machine learning, big data and the future of data analytics in healthcare