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Healt h St at ist ics
Tit le: Healt h St at ist ics
Name: Nanah Kamara
Inst it ut e: GCU
Dat e: 06/09/2019
Describe t he applicat ion of st at ist ics in healt h care. Specifically discuss it s
significance t o qualit y, safet y, healt h promot ion, and leadership.
In healt hcare, we use st at ist ics in an effort t o improve healt hcare and keep pat ient s
safe. Healt h St at ist ics provide informat ion for underst anding, monit oring, improving
and planning t he use of resources t o improve t he lives of people, provide services and
promot e t heir well-being. St at ist ics are used in healt hcare for research, qualit y
improvement , inequalit ies in healt hcare, risk analysis, invent ory management and cost ,
resource ut ilizat ion, pat ient lengt h of st ay, pat ient sat isfact ion, clinical t rials,
morbidit y and mort alit y, effect s of new t reat ment s, measuring change, laborat ory
analysis, educat ion, and much more.
We are using st at ist ics in an effort t o improve healt hcare and keep pat ient s safe.
Healt h St at ist ics basically provide informat ion for underst anding, monit oring,
improving and planning t he use of resources t o improve t he lives of people, provide
services and promot e t heir well-being.
In healt h care, st at ist ics is used t o “ident ify pat ient care t rends using dat a, and
increase t he abilit y t o creat e and ut ilize evidence-based pract ice”. There are several
major uses of healt h st at ist ics. Healt h st at ist ics helps creat e fundament al knowledge
about t he healt h of populat ions; it provides informat ion t o guide healt h policy
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development , assessment , and evaluat ion.
St at ist ics have been ut ilized in healt hcare since at least t he 19t h cent ury. Florence
Night ingale used a st at ist ical approach t o decrease t he mort alit y rat e of Brit ish
t roops in Crimea. She was an innovat or in t he collect ion, t abulat ion, int erpret at ion, and
graphical display of descript ive st at ist ics and her met iculous records were a key t o
present day st at ist ical qualit y measurement (Sheingold& Hahn, 2014). Clara Bart on
applied t he same analysis in t he Unit ed St at es during t he Civil War. Louis Past eur
applied st at ist ics in his research of microbes and t he germ t heory t o creat e penicillin.
This evidence led t o t he wide-scale adopt ion led t o t he development of
past eurizat ion.
Influenza Pandemic is t he worst out break of disease in U.S. hist ory (1918) and in t his
fift y million world’s populat ion was killed. During t he Influenza Pandemic, Dr. Blue’s
qualit y t ools were, mandat ory medical exams for all immigrant s ent ering t he count ry,
communicat ion in t he form of weekly newslet t ers t hat cont ained informat ion about
t he lat est out breaks, and t he result s of influenza research conduct ed at t he Hygienic
Laborat ory which cont inues t o exist t oday (Sheingold & Hahn, 2014).The medical
records kept during t he 1918 influenza pandemic serve t o inform how we should
respond t o a similar widespread out break of biological disease, and provide dat a on
t he long t erm effect s of t he flu on pregnant woman.
Consider your organizat ion or specialt y area and how you ut ilize st at ist ical knowledge.
Discuss how you obt ain st at ist ical dat a, how st at ist ical knowledge is used in day-t o-
day operat ions and how you apply it or use it in decision making.
It is import ant for a person working in healt hcare t o underst and st at ist ical concept
because t his helps t o underst and t he number and t he frequency of t he healt h
out comes as well as t he number of cases.
It provides insight of healt h condit ion of t he healt hcare organizat ion t o improve t he
disparit ies as well as st rengt hening t he pat ient 's healt h.
For example, t he st at ist ical dat a obt ained regarding t he admission of t he pat ient s
and t he number of days t he pat ient s t ook t ime t o get cured. This reveals t he
progressive work of t he healt hcare organizat ion. It reduces t he risk of medical errors
as well as increases t he efficacy of t he t reat ment . Medical St at ist ics is a sub
discipline of St at ist ics and it can provide a way of organizing informat ion. An
underst anding of st at ist ics is essent ial if t he numerous report s and document s
issued wit hin t he healt hcare indust ry are t o be scrut inized and considered in a crit ical
manner. There has been an increase in t he development of research-based and
evidence-based pract ice (EBP) in healt hcare over t he last t wo decades. Medical
St at ist ics also known as Biost at ist ics and t he underst anding of st at ist ics and it s
analysis can helps healt hcare personnel t o make sense of t he research st udies t hat
underpin EBP and enables pract it ioners t o undert ake st udies of t heir own. Healt h care
pract ices not based on research and not assessed, not planned, and not evaluat ed t o
see if it makes a difference in pat ient care, leads t o unsafe pract ices and pat ient
harm (Scot t &Mazhindu, 2014).
In t he operat ing room, we use st at ist ical dat a t o evaluat e pat ient care such as t hat
relat ed t o pat ient posit ioning pressure injuries. St at ist ics are also used t o develop
qualit y measures or met rics relat ed t o surgical on-t ime st art s, operat ing room
t urnover t imes, surgeon block ut ilizat ion, case cancellat ions day of surgery, and
pat ient t hrough-put t imes. Ot her applicat ions of st at ist ics in t he operat ing room are
st affing plans, cost per case, mat erials management and resource allocat ion. This
dat a is used for best pract ices in pat ient care, operat ing room efficiency, and value-
based healt hcare pract ices wit hin t he hospit al.
Reference:
· Sheingold, B. H., Hahn, J. A. (2014). The hist ory of healt hcare qualit y: The first 100
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years 1860-1960. Int ernat ional Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences.Vol. 1.Pages 18 – 22.
DOI:
· Scot t , I. &Mazhindu, D. (2014).St at ist ics for Healt hcare Professionals: An
Int roduct ion. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publicat ions, Lt d.
· Nat ional Healt hcare Qualit y Report . Rockville, MD: Agency for Healt hcare Research
and Qualit y; 2006.
