Visualising a state-wide patient data collection: a case study to expand the audience for healthcare data

  • Authors:

  • Wei Luo;Marcus Gallagher;Di O'Kane;Jason Connor;Mark Dooris;Col Roberts;Lachlan Mortimer;Janet Wiles

  • Affiliations:

  • The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia;The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia;Clinical Practice Improvement Centre, Centre for Healthcare Improvement, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Australia;The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia;Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia;Clinical Practice Improvement Centre, Centre for Healthcare Improvement, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Australia;Clinical Practice Improvement Centre, Centre for Healthcare Improvement, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Australia;The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

  • Venue:
  • HIKM '10 Proceedings of the Fourth Australasian Workshop on Health Informatics and Knowledge Management - Volume 108
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

This paper describes the application of existing and novel adaptations of visualisation techniques to routinely collected health data. The aim of this case study is to examine the capacity for visualisation approaches to quickly and effectively inform clinical, policy, and fiscal decision making to improve healthcare provision. We demonstrate the use of interactive graphics, fluctuation plots, mosaic plots, time plots, heatmaps, and disease maps to visualise patient admission, transfer, in-hospital mortality, morbidity coding, execution of diagnosis and treatment guidelines, and the temporal and spatial variations of diseases. The relative effectiveness of these techniques and associated challenges are discussed.