Course Description
This course will teach students how to discover interesting and unexpected business insights through the application of data mining techniques. Data mining combines statistical analysis, visualization, and other approaches to explore large amounts of data from multiple sources allowing discovery of relationships and patterns that can shed light on issues. The course explores data mining tools and techniques, as well as their application in understanding processes and performance. Special emphasis will be on learning about extraction and reports from VHA data warehouses and cubes.
Course Objectives
- understand how to competently navigate VA data warehouses and systems
- become familiar with the types of data collected and stored by the VA
- learn how to use existing charts and reports to help interpret information at a local facility or VISN level
- become familiar with using Epidemiology techniques to better understand the larger picture of health care performance and improvements
- be introduced to data mining techniques and their specific uses
- learn how to use data to see patterns and understand when anomalies occur
- understand how to apply data mining results to aid in process mapping
- learn how to translate results into measures of performance
- understand how to use data mining techniques to help determine the order of an action item list
Textbooks
Required books:
- Data Analysis Using SQL and Excel – Author: Gordon Linoff, Publisher: Wiley, ISBN:978-0-470-09951-3 (an electronic copy of this book is available from Books 24/7)
- Concepts of Epidemiology: Integrating the ideas, theories, principles and methods of epidemiology, 2nd Edition – Author: Raj Bhopal, Publisher: Oxford University Press, ISBN:978-0-19-954314-4
Recommended reference book (will also be used in Course 2 and 3):
- Microsoft Office Excel 2007(or 2010): Data Analysis and Business Modeling – Author: Winston, Publisher: Microsoft, ISBN: 978-0-7356-2396-5 (Recommended Text) (an electronic copy of this book is available from Books 24/7)
Proclarity and VSSC Training
To access this materials, you need to be using a computer behind the VA firewall.
You need to be familiar with the functionaility of ProClarify. The attached file provides VSSC resources for your to learn basics of using the ProClarity software and the VSSC site.
Also, the below webinars for ProClarify and VSSC are helpful.
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The purpose of this brief webinar is to show you how to access Cubes and Briefing Books on the VSSC Website. If you are just getting started using ProClarity, or have taken some of our popular ProClarity Training, and just need a refresher this is the webinar for you. (Duration: 5:48 minutes)
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The purpose of this brief webinar is to show you how to create and save Briefing Books from the VSSC Website to your desktop. (Duration: 4:51 minutes)
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The purpose of this brief webinar is to show you how to export data from your ProClarity Briefing Book to Excel and PowerPoint or to share your Briefing Book in Outlook. (Duration: 6:07 minutes)
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The purpose of this brief webinar is to show you how to use the ProClarity Tutorials, Help & Search Functions. (Duration: 3:47 minutes)
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The purpose of this training webinar is to cover the VSSC homepage navigation and explain the concept of how products are classified into Domains, Program Areas, and Subject Areas. (Duration: 11:55 minutes)
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The purpose of this training webinar is to detail how to access reports from the VSSC website navigating the product Domains, Program Areas, and Subject Areas matrix. (Duration: 12:06 minutes)
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The purpose of this training webinar is to cover each of the different product types and how to use them. (Duration: 39:43 minutes)
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The purpose of this training webinar is to cover the variety of support options that the VSSC offers, such as the Help Desk, FAQs, and Training. (Duration: 27:35 minutes)
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