Visualizing Health and Healthcare Data - Highlights

Key takeaways from Episode #24 - Visualizing Health and Healthcare Data of Bill Shander's Data Visualization, Data Storytelling, and Information Design - Lesson and Listen Series:

  • Data visualization principles apply across industries, but domain expertise is crucial for effective communication.
  • Healthcare data requires domain knowledge to ensure accuracy and helpfulness.
  • Domain expertise is essential in healthcare data visualization due to its complexity and nuances.
  • There are no homogeneous audiences, and healthcare data often involves multiple groups with competing points of view.
  • Healthcare data often has life-and-death consequences, as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Proper scaling (linear vs. logarithmic) and clear communication of concepts (e.g., efficacy vs. effectiveness) are critical in healthcare data visualization.
  • In the Listen section of the episode, Kathy Rowell, author of "Visualizing Health and Healthcare Data," shares insights on how to visualize health and healthcare data:
    • You can't improve what you can't see. 
    • Data visualization is a learned skill 
    • Software alone is not the solution
    • It takes a team
    • Process and framework in data visualization are important.
    • Create personas to address diverse audiences.
    • Understand the difference between dashboards, reports, multidimensional exploratory displays and infographics

"When you go into these projects, data is like a 5,000-piece puzzle. All the puzzle pieces are blue and there is no picture on the cover of the puzzle box."

Recommended reading:

Visualizing Health and Healthcare Data by Lindsay Betzendahl, Cambria Brown, Katherine Rowell

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