This course is best suited for individuals currently in the healthcare sector, as a provider, payer, or administrator. Individuals pursuing a career change to the healthcare sector may also be interested in this course.

Healthcare Analytics Essentials

Healthcare Analytics Essentials

Instructor: Martin Kohn
Access provided by Masterflex LLC, Part of Avantor
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Skills you'll gain
- Data Management
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Health Care
- Patient-centered Care
- Health Information Management and Medical Records
- Organizational Strategy
- Systems Thinking
- Business Analytics
- Strategic Thinking
- Analytics
- Statistical Analysis
- Patient Safety
- Performance Measurement
- Quantitative Research
- Risk Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Health Informatics
- Value-Based Care
- Descriptive Analytics
- Peer Review
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There are 4 modules in this course
This course will help you to see how healthcare analytics fits into data science and business analytics. It will invite you to apply analytical thinking to understanding healthcare delivery, improving quality of patient care, and integrating analytics into the organization’s overall strategy.
What's included
1 video14 readings4 assignments2 app items1 discussion prompt
In this module, you will learn about the various aspects of healthcare outcomes and how you can choose the relevant and important ones. You will be introduced to the different types of measurements, the challenges of outcome measurement, and the importance of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurements (PROMs). You will also learn about analyzing data, interpreting the results, and the challenges involved in collecting the data and using it to implement plans.
What's included
8 videos9 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt
In this module, you will learn how to define quality of care, explain the components of evaluating physicians and discuss how formal performance measures, as well as surveys, are tracked and reported. The content covered in this module will provide a better understanding of the relationship between using business analytics to guide and influence both process and change management.
What's included
7 videos8 readings5 assignments1 peer review
In this module you will learn about physician burnout and its effects on patient care, the importance of the peer review panel process to ensuring quality care delivery, the characteristics and sustainability of high reliability organizations, and the role of business analytics to identify errors in high reliability organizations.
What's included
7 videos10 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt
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Reviewed on Sep 17, 2025
An excellent course. A few typos, and glitches, which need to be addressed. But a huge pool of knowledge.
Reviewed on Aug 29, 2024
The instructor had me engaged 100% from beginning to end. He made the modules very easy to comprehend. Top tier instructor!!
Reviewed on Mar 30, 2025
Excellent mix between pensum and sharing of experiences...

