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Measurement and Analysis in Transforming Healthcare Delivery

Volume 1: Quantitative Approaches in Health Systems Engineering

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Authors:
  1. Peter J. Fabri

    1. Colleges of Medicine and Engineerin, University of South Florida, TAMPA, USA

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  • Prepares the physician to take a leadership role in redesigning systems and processes of healthcare delivery

  • Written by an expert in the field

  • Educates physicians in areas of modeling and quantitative analysis in a way that is acceptable to the “culture” of medicine

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction to Measurement and Analysis

    • Peter J. Fabri
    Pages 1-10

  3. Managing Data

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Data and Types of Data

      • Peter J. Fabri
      Pages 13-17

    3. Software for Analytics

      • Peter J. Fabri
      Pages 19-62

    4. Measurement and Uncertainty

      • Peter J. Fabri
      Pages 63-77

  4. Applying a Scientific Approach to Data Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Mathematical and Statistical Concepts in Data Analysis

      • Peter J. Fabri
      Pages 81-90

  5. Techniques in Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Analysis by Modeling Data

      • Peter J. Fabri
      Pages 93-100

    3. Principles of Supervised Learning

      • Peter J. Fabri
      Pages 101-120

    4. Unsupervised Machine Learning: Datasets Without Outcomes

      • Peter J. Fabri
      Pages 121-129

    5. Survival Analysis

      • Peter J. Fabri
      Pages 131-137

    6. Interpreting Outcomes: Cause and Effect and p-Values

      • Peter J. Fabri
      Pages 139-144

    7. Useful Tools

      • Peter J. Fabri
      Pages 145-152

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 153-181
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About this book

This volume provides the important concepts necessary for a physician to participate in a reengineering process, develop decision-making skills based on probability and logic rather than “rules,” and to measure and analyze meaningful outcomes of care delivery.  This approach has been developed over ten years in a medical student-based program and has been enthusiastically embraced by medical students without backgrounds in engineering or statistics.  More specifically, this text will introduce physicians to relevant and available computer software, combined with an in depth knowledge of measurement, variation, and uncertainty.  It provides a basis for the transformation of data into information, information into knowledge, and knowledge into wisdom.  The first quarter of the book will address understanding and visualizing data, using statistical and graphic analysis.  The next quarter addresses the fundamentals of applied statistics, and the application of conditional probability to clinical decision making.  The next quarter addresses the four “cornerstones” of modern analytics: regression, classification, association analysis, and clustering.  The final section addresses the identification of outliers and their importance in understanding, the assessment of cause and effect and the limitations associated with retrospective data analysis. This toolbox will prepare the interested physician to actively engage in the identification of problem areas, the design of process-based solutions, and the continuous assessment of outcomes of clinical practice.  Armed with this toolbox, the reader will be “prepared to make a difference” in the rapidly changing world of healthcare delivery.


Measurement and Analysis in Transforming Healthcare Delivery is an excellent resource for general practitioners, health administrators, and all medical professionals interacting with healthcare delivery.



Authors and Affiliations

  • Colleges of Medicine and Engineerin, University of South Florida, TAMPA, USA

    Peter J. Fabri

About the author

Peter J. Fabri, PhD
Emeritus Professor, Surgery and Industrial Engineering, University of South Florida, Departments of Surgery and Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Tampa, Florida, United States


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Measurement and Analysis in Transforming Healthcare Delivery

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 1: Quantitative Approaches in Health Systems Engineering

  • Authors: Peter J. Fabri

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40812-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-40810-1Published: 02 August 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82190-0Published: 30 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40812-5Published: 20 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 181

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 31 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Health Administration

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