1Leverage health data into insight

Applied Health Analytics and Informatics Using SAS describes health anamatics, a result of the intersection of data analytics and health informatics. Healthcare systems generate nearly a third of the world's data, and analytics can help to eliminate medical errors, reduce readmissions, provide evidence-based care, demonstrate quality outcomes, and add cost-efficient care. This comprehensive textbook includes data analytics and health informatics concepts, along with applied experiential learning exercises and case studies using SAS Enterprise Miner^TM within the healthcare industry setting. Topics covered include:

• Sampling and modeling health data - both structured and unstructured
• Exploring health data quality
• Developing health administration and health data assessment procedures
• Identifying future health trends
• Analyzing high-performance health data mining models

Applied Health Analytics and Informatics Using SAS is intended for professionals, lifelong learners, senior-level undergraduates, graduate-level students in professional development courses, health informatics courses, health analytics courses, and specialized industry track courses. This textbook is accessible to a wide variety of backgrounds and specialty areas, including administrators, clinicians, and executives.

This book is part of the SAS Press program.