Description

General principles of healthcare statistics with emphasis in hospital statistics. Skill development in computation and calculation of health data with overview of guidelines for Health Vital Statistics and studies. Students will be required to utilize formulas and perform calculations to prove their competencies.

Program

MBA

Objectives

• By the end of this course, each student should be able to: • Understand how statistics are used in healthcare. • Differentiate between descriptive and inferential statistics. • Define hospital-related terms. • Describe the characteristics of normal distribution. • Display healthcare data using tables, charts, and graphs as appropriate. • Locate healthcare-related online state and federal databases on the Internet. • Understand how to use healthcare data collected from online databases. • Calculate institutional statistics. • Calculate vital statistics. • Prepare data for analysis (i.e., compile data, develop graphs, tables, etc.). • Compare data with standards. • Interpret statistical data. • Describe statistical technique and data presentation techniques. • Analyze data for patient related informational system needs. • Query Databases for statistical information. • Understand the purpose and control of Institutional Review Boards. • Create reports using registry data bases.