SAS business intelligence for the health care industry : practical applications

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gehring, Renu, Author.

Contributor:

SAS Institute, Contributor.

SAS Institute, Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

SAS (Computer file).

Medicine--Data processing.

Medicine.

Business intelligence--Management.

Business intelligence.

Medical records--Management--Data processing.

Medical records.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 v.) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] SAS 2013

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

SAS Business Intelligence for the Health Care Industry: Practical Applications teaches health care executives, managers, providers, and business analysts how to use SAS Business Intelligence (BI) tools to convert data into knowledge and value at all levels in the health care industry. This book demonstrates how SAS BI solutions can be applied to the health care industry and offers detailed explanations of code and tasks in an approachable case study format. All applications are created with sample data that has the richness and complexity of operational health care data. Topics include: using SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office and SAS Stored Processes technology to better track and forecast revenues and margins creating OLAP and relational web reports that enable care management programs to locate and assist the neediest patients implementing data access restrictions on OLAP and relational data in accordance with the industry’s need for secure data access creating dashboards to help executives monitor their health care organization With its level of depth and perfect blend of technology and business contexts, this book provides health care analysts, researchers, and statisticians with information and examples that can be used effectively and immediately. It is an indispensable aid to the health care professional in keeping up with a fast-changing industry. This book is part of the SAS Press program.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

About This Book

Purpose

Is This Book for You?

Prerequisites

About the Examples

Exercise Solutions

Keep in Touch

About The Author

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: An OVerview of SAS Business Intelligence

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Features of the US Health-Care Industry

1.3 Data Used in This Book

1.4 SAS BI Solutions for the Health-Care Industry

1.5 Conceptual Architecture of SAS BI Platform

1.6 Physical Architecture of the SAS BI Platform

1.7 Types of SAS BI Tools

1.8 Seamless Integration between SAS BI Tools

1.9 SAS Metadata: The Glue That Holds It All Together

1.10 Features of the SAS BI Platform

1.11 Description of SAS BI Applications

1.12 Conclusion

Chapter 2: Creating SAS Stored Processes for the Finance Department

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Basic Stored Processes

2.3 Advanced Stored Processes

2.4 Modifying a Stored Process

2.5 Creating Stored Processes with Complex Macro Programming

2.6 Conclusion

Chapter 3: SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office for the Business Analyst

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Running a SAS Stored Process

3.3 Querying Warehouse Data with SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office

3.4 Analytical Tasks with SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office

3.5 Customizing the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office

3.6 Conclusion

Chapter 4: Slicing and Dicing Data with OLAP Cubes

4.1 Introduction

4.2 OLAP Cube: Concepts and Definitions

4.3 Building a Cube with SAS OLAP Cube Studio

4.4 Using OLAP Cubes with SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office

4.5 Conclusion

Chapter 5: Building a Data Bridge with SAS Information Map Studio

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Navigating SAS Information Map Studio

5.3 Creating an Information Map

5.4 Maintaining and Updating an Information Map

5.5 Creating an Information Map with Prompted Linked Filters.

5.6 Conclusion

Chapter 6: Effective Patient Management with SAS Web Report Studio

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Creating Population Lists

6.3 Application Architecture

6.4 The Basics of SAS Web Report Studio

6.5 Creating Prompted Reports

6.6 Linking Reports

6.7 Conclusion

6.8 Notes

Chapter 7: Data Security and Dynamic Updates with SAS Information Map Studio

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Data Security in an Information Map

7.3 Dynamic Data Updates

7.4 Scheduling and Distributing a Report in SAS Web Report Studio

7.5 Conclusion

Chapter 8: Advanced OLAP Applications in the Health-Care Industry

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Creating a Multipurpose Cube

8.3 Implementing OLAP Data Security via MDX

8.4 Computing Health-Care Metrics in an OLAP Cube

8.5 Conclusion

8.6 Note

Chapter 9: Creating Dashboards for the Health-Care Industry

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Elements of Effective Dashboards

9.3 SAS BI Tools for Dashboards

9.4 The Executive Dashboard

9.5 The Medical Management Dashboard

9.6 Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9781612907086

1612907083

OCLC:

865506748