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ArticleHealth services research and managerial epidemiology

Understanding the Difference Between Healthcare Informatics and Healthcare Data Analytics in the Present State of Health Care Management.

Thomas Wan, Varadraj Gurupur

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Article in Health services research and managerial epidemiology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Thomas WanDepartment of Health Management and Informatics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5235-4586
Varadraj GurupurDepartment of Health Management and Informatics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to perform a scientific analysis of the definitions associated with healthcare informatics and healthcare data analytics. Additionally, the authors attempt to redefine the scientific pursuit of healthcare informatics and healthcare data analytics. This commentary can assist the thinking of informaticians and data analysts working in healthcare management and practice. The authors also provide a brief insight on the possible future direction of informatics and analytics associated with healthcare.

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healthcare data analyticshealthcare informaticsmanagerial applicationsscientific inquiry

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PMID32923520
PMCPMC7450285

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