Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Lisr of Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Managerial epidemiology: Creating care of health ecosystems -- Introduction -- What is epidemiology? -- What is managerial epidemiology? -- What is an ecosystem of care? -- Social media and its application -- Conclusion -- References -- 2. Healthcare and population data: The building blocks -- Background -- Why risk stratification? -- Overview of risk stratification methods -- Risk stratification: Examples -- Rising risk methodology: Follow-up on 38109 familiar faces -- Use of data -- References -- 3. Trend toward connected data architectures in healthcare -- Balancing cost and performance -- Risk management -- Sharing and connecting data -- Current state of databases in healthcare systems -- Introduction of NoSQL databases -- Summary -- References -- 4. Knowledge management for health data analytics -- Rise of the electronic health record -- Data governance and infrastructure issues -- Importance of data governance and infrastructure -- Analytics beyond statistics -- Feature selection -- Data mining -- Advantages -- Potential issues with data mining -- References -- 5. Geospatial analysis of patients with healthcare utilization for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM): A use case approach -- Introduction -- Burden of the disease -- Research question -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- 6. Futuring: A brief overview of methods and tools -- Statistical regression models -- Delphi survey technique -- Environmental scanning: SWOT analysis -- Scenario analysis -- Conclusion -- References -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Index.
This is a comprehensive, practical guide which looks at the advantages and limitations of new data analysis techniques being introduced across public health and administration services.