An examination of the range of sources of official statistics relevant to healthcare, and the benefits and potential pitfalls of using them in research and in everyday clinical work. It highlights the issues that need to be considered when accessing and using data, and shows how the reader can transform data from being on a system to something that is of practical use. The contributors include John Charlton, Steve Price, Sheila Anderson, Gillian Matthews and Colin Cryer.
Book is unique in being written for people who want to be able to make sense of published studies, or embark on their own studies, without getting bogged down by the details of how to use specific methods.
This book is specifically designed to underpin the concepts of statistics and epidemiology. It is practical and easy to use and is ideal for people who can feel uncomfortable with mathematics.
Governments fail to provide the public goods needed for development when its leaders knowingly and deliberately ignore sound technical advice or are unable to follow it, despite the best of intentions, because of political constraints. This report focuses on two forces—citizen engagement and transparency—that hold the key to solving government failures by shaping how political markets function. Citizens are not only queueing at voting booths, but are also taking to the streets and using diverse media to pressure, sanction and select the leaders who wield power within government, including by entering as contenders for leadership. This political engagement can function in highly nuanced ways within the same formal institutional context and across the political spectrum, from autocracies to democracies. Unhealthy political engagement, when leaders are selected and sanctioned on the basis of their provision of private benefits rather than public goods, gives rise to government failures. The solutions to these failures lie in fostering healthy political engagement within any institutional context, and not in circumventing or suppressing it. Transparency, which is citizen access to publicly available information about the actions of those in government, and the consequences of these actions, can play a crucial role by nourishing political engagement.
Most healthcare professionals need to be able to read and understand clinical evidence, and make a judgment on what treatments are effective. To do this, they need a basic grounding in statistics and epidemiology. This book aims to help readers by stimulating their interest and helping them understand the basics quickly and simply.
This is a basic introduction to evidence-based medicine describing the need for EMB and the tools used. The book guides the reader towards finding the right evidence and how to assess its value and quality, including a section on the Internet and how to make best use of it.
The ultimate guide to mining the Internet for real-time assessment of trends and data Showing how the Internet can be an incredible tool for businesses and others to measure trends in real time, Pulse describes tools for inexpensive and real time measurement methodologies businesses can start using right away. This timely book also puts this emerging science in perspective and explains how this new measurement instrument will profoundly change decision making in business and government. Shows how the Internet can be used as an incredibly powerful measurement tool Reveals how to mine the Internet to measure and forecast business progress Written by leading expert in business analytics and performance management Pulse reveals how the Internet is evolving into a tool for measuring and forecasting trends in society, the economy, public opinion and even public health and security. It is an absolutely essential book for every business leader to turn a powerful, underutilized tool to its complete potential.
Vision and Value in Health Information offers a significant challenge: to find a place for health information in the modernization of health services in the UK. It comprises a collection of key essays from eminent contributors on the innovative use and development of information in health care.
Healthcare professionals are required to use an increasing range of technologies in everyday healthcare. This jargon-free text presents a comprehensive, practical guide including topics on hardware, software, databases, security and local area networks (LANs).
