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Healthcare KPIs and Dashboards: Measuring What Matters

Design indicators that drive good decisions instead of gaming and noise.

professional210 min5 lessons
Healthcare KPIs and Dashboards: Measuring What Matters

What you'll learn

  • Classify a set of indicators as structure, process or outcome
  • Write a complete specification for a described measurement need
  • Evaluate a proposed indicator against validity and actionability criteria
  • Identify the distortion risk created by a stated target
  • Select an appropriate chart form for a given measurement question
  • Recommend improvements to a described dashboard

Course content

5 modules · 5 lessons

1. What Makes a Good Indicator
  • What Makes a Good IndicatorPreview42m
2. Writing the Specification
  • Writing the Specification42m
3. Targets and Thresholds
  • Targets and Thresholds42m
4. Showing Variation
  • Showing Variation42m
5. Gaming and Consequences
  • Gaming and Consequences42m