Use of statistical Applications
Uses of Statistical Information Paper
Agnes Muta
HCS/438
December 11, 2012
Statistical Applications
Uses of Statistical Information Paper According to Bennett, Briggs, & Triola, (2009) “Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing and interpreting data.” (p. 2). The purpose of statistics in healthcare is to help integrate management and health care activities. This paper will discuss the use of statistics in health care especially in skilled and Long-term care where the nurse works, where by data is collected on daily basis to monitor trends, improve care, and customer satisfaction. Descriptive statistics at work place helps to analyze, describe or summarize numerical data in a meaningful way. Description of four levels of data measurement will be discussed, to include nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio, as well as the advantages of accurate interpretation of statistical information in improvement of decision-making at work place.
Use of Statistics at work place
Collection, analyzing, and interpretation of data are important functions at the skilled facility. The nurses are major contributors of data that is either, generated electronically or by the health record department staff. Health care provision today is centered on evidence-based care, which continues to influence the type of care patients receive. Statistical information enables the health care providers to plan, formulate current and future policies, improve patient care through evidence-based studies, evaluate, and improve on customer care, and for compliance purposes. Examples of data collected on daily basis are the daily patient census that summarizes the total number of patients per unit by the end of the day computed manually at 12 midnight. This reporting tool is presented in tabular format and shows all new admissions, readmissions, in-house transfers, transfers out to other levels of care, discharges, deaths, or missing patients. Another example of statistical
Agnes Muta
HCS/438
December 11, 2012
Statistical Applications
Uses of Statistical Information Paper According to Bennett, Briggs, & Triola, (2009) “Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing and interpreting data.” (p. 2). The purpose of statistics in healthcare is to help integrate management and health care activities. This paper will discuss the use of statistics in health care especially in skilled and Long-term care where the nurse works, where by data is collected on daily basis to monitor trends, improve care, and customer satisfaction. Descriptive statistics at work place helps to analyze, describe or summarize numerical data in a meaningful way. Description of four levels of data measurement will be discussed, to include nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio, as well as the advantages of accurate interpretation of statistical information in improvement of decision-making at work place.
Use of Statistics at work place
Collection, analyzing, and interpretation of data are important functions at the skilled facility. The nurses are major contributors of data that is either, generated electronically or by the health record department staff. Health care provision today is centered on evidence-based care, which continues to influence the type of care patients receive. Statistical information enables the health care providers to plan, formulate current and future policies, improve patient care through evidence-based studies, evaluate, and improve on customer care, and for compliance purposes. Examples of data collected on daily basis are the daily patient census that summarizes the total number of patients per unit by the end of the day computed manually at 12 midnight. This reporting tool is presented in tabular format and shows all new admissions, readmissions, in-house transfers, transfers out to other levels of care, discharges, deaths, or missing patients. Another example of statistical
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