The only data visualization book written by and for health and healthcare professionals.
In health and healthcare, data and information are coming at organizations faster than they can consume and interpret it. Health providers, payers, public health departments, researchers, and health information technology groups know the ability to analyze and communicate this vast array of data in a clear and compelling manner is paramount to success. However, they simply cannot find experienced people with the necessary qualifications. The quickest (and often the only) route to meeting this challenge is to hire smart people and train them.
Visualizing Health and Healthcare Data: Creating Clear and Compelling Visualizations to "See how You're Doing" is a one-of-a-kind book for health and healthcare professionals to learn the best practices of data visualization specific to their field. It provides a high-level summary of health and healthcare data, an overview of relevant visual intelligence research, strategies and techniques to gather requirements, and how to build strong teams with the expertise required to create dashboards and reports that people love to use. Clear and detailed explanations of data visualization best practices will help you understand the how and the why.
- Learn how to build beautiful and useful data products that deliver powerful insights for the end user
- Follow along with examples of data visualization best practices, including table and graph design for health and healthcare data
- Learn the difference between dashboards, reports, multidimensional exploratory displays and infographics (and why it matters)
- Avoid common mistakes in data visualization by learning why they do not work and better ways to display the data
Written by a top leader in the field of health and healthcare data visualization, this book is an excellent resource for top management in healthcare, as well as entry-level to experienced data analysts in any health-related organization.
Author(s): Lindsay Betzendahl, Cambria Brown, Katherine Rowell
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 247
City: Hoboken
Preface
SECTION ONE: Establishing a Framework and Process
Chapter One: Health and Healthcare Data Visualizations of Historical Importance
Chapter Two: Stop Hunting Unicorns and Start Building Teams and Know The Data
Search for Characteristics and Core Competencies
Get to Know the Data
Classifications, Intent, Purpose, and Lineage
Two Types of Data
Scales/Levels of Measure
Summary
Chapter Three: Requirements-Gathering and Design Methods
Design Thinking Foundational Concepts
Design Methods
Contextual Inquiry
Mental Models
Personas
Persona Creation Guide
Graphic Organizers
Sketching
Prototyping
Testing
Summary
SECTION TWO: Perceiving the Best Practices of Data Visualization
Chapter Four: The Research
Research Informs Data Visualization Best Practices
Summary
Chapter Five: Table Design Checklist
Fundamentals of Table Design
Summary
Chapter Six: Powerful Visualizations in Four Shapes
Bars, Lines, Points, and Boxes
Shape One: Bars
Using Bars To: See How You're Doing
Shape Two: Lines
Using Lines To: See How You're Doing
Shape Three: Points
Using Points To: See How You're Doing
Shape Four: Boxes
Using Boxes To: See How You're Doing
Other Shapes
Summary
Chapter Seven: Maps
Using Maps to Gain Insights
When Not to Use a Map
Summary
Chapter Eight: Graphs and Charts to Never Use or Use with Caution
When “Cool Displays” Are Anything But
Pie and Donut Charts
Multiples of Several-Part Stacked Bar Charts (MSPSBCs)
Bubble Charts
Treemaps
Marimekko (Mekko or Mosaic) Charts
Radial Bar and Petal Charts
Radar Charts
Sankey Diagrams
One More Thing: 3-D
Summary
Chapter Nine: Making Accessible Visualizations
Accessible Design Is Good Design
Accessibility in Data Visualization
Ways to Make Accessible Data Visualizations
Summary
SECTION THREE: Creating Compelling Data Displays
Chapter Ten: Dashboards, Reports, and Multidimensional Exploratory Displays (MEDs™)
Definitions Matter
Dashboards
Reports
Multidimensional Exploratory Displays (MEDs™)
MEDs™ Defined
Summary
Chapter Eleven: Infographics
“No Tobacco Day” Infographic
Measles and Vaccinations Infographic
Infographic vs. Infoposter
Summary
SECTION FOUR: Closing Thoughts and Recommended Reading and Resources
Closing Thoughts
Fluency and Mastery
Bitten by the Viz Bug | Recommended Reading and Resources
Recommended Reading
Resources
Accessibility Resources
Author Bios
References
Introduction
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Closing Thoughts
Index
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