HSC 5490 - Population Health Analytics

Credits: 4

Population health is the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group. Population health analytics has become in very high demand in the healthcare field, and it reaches many professional areas such as government, public health organizations, healthcare organizations and more. The Population Health Analytics course involves a broad understanding of many methods utilized to measure population health. Students will develop an analytic mindset and experience the different quantitative methods to reach advance insights on various groups. This course will provide a deep understanding of what population health is and how various analytics methods create actionable insights that can not only help stakeholders identify all variables that affect population health, but also proactively predict the health of different population groups. In addition, students will learn effective methods to visualize data and present it to stakeholders. Students will be exposed to many different population health studies and will be able to apply analysis to population health data in order to achieve actionable information.