Visualising a State-wide Patient Data Collection: A Case Study to Expand the Audience for Healthcare Data

Luo, W., Gallagher, M., O’Kane, D., Connor, J., Dooris, M., Roberts, C., Mortimer., L. and Wiles., J.

This paper describes the application of existing and novel adaptations of visualisation techniques to rou- tinely 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 health- care 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.

Cite as: Luo, W., Gallagher, M., O’Kane, D., Connor, J., Dooris, M., Roberts, C., Mortimer., L. and Wiles., J. (2010). Visualising a State-wide Patient Data Collection: A Case Study to Expand the Audience for Healthcare Data. In Proc. Fourth Australasian Workshop on Health Informatics and Knowledge Management (HIKM 2010) Brisbane, Australia. CRPIT, 108. Maeder, A. and Hansen, D. Eds., ACS. 45-52

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