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Healthcare Statistical Reporting

Many times HIT staff are asked to gather data which will be used for further study. Presenting the results of the raw data is not meaningful because it is still data and not information. Changing the raw data to information involves steps to make it clear, concise and it enables the reader to make conclusion and decisions. Example: Happy Hospital posts a sign outside the cafeteria each day with Census Count "Today Census is 123". For most of this staff, this is just not enough information to determine if the bed count is good or bad, high or low. By adding some additional data the report is now meaningful.

Before	After
Today's Census is 125	Today's Census is 125. We are at 80% Capacity

Adding a bit more information and/or presenting data in the form of tables and graphics can change the data to information which makes it meaningful to the reader.

Another example is from the reading in the previous module about a cerebral palsy patient study. This is the abstract from the study:

This article reviews the current literature assessing adult outcomes for individuals with CP within the framework of the International Classification of Functioning (ICF), Disability, and Health model of enablement. Preliminary data over the last decade indicate that among adults with cerebral palsy without intellectual disability, 60-80% completed high school, 14-25% completed college, up to 61% were living independently in the community, 25-55% were competitively employed, and 14-28% were involved in long term relationships with partners or had established families. These outcomes occurred with biomedical advances in the management of spasticity, deformity, and medical co-morbidities, as well as with concurrent policy initiatives to increase access to a continuum of habilitative and education services.

Frisch, D., & Msall, M. E. (2013). Health, functioning, and participation of adolescents and adults with cerebral palsy: A review of outcomes research. Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 18(1), 84-94. doi:10.1002/ddrr.1131

A manager reading this abstract would have a difficult time seeing the true results of the study. Below is a report card of data from this abstract. Can you see the difference in usability?

Study Outcomes of Adults with cerebral palsy without intellectual disabilities

Education	60-80% completed High School
	14-25% completed College
Adult Living	61% living independently in the community
Employment	25-55% competitively employed
Adult Relationship	14-28% in long term relationships or have established families