Data Visualization Best Practices Resource Library Links to Educational Content By Skill Area, Chart Type, and Healthcare Topic For more information contact: HealthDataViz, LLC Sandy Lawson, Co-Founder and Principal 177 Huntington Avenue [email protected] Suite 1703 #57026 617-653-6608 Boston, MA 02115 www.healthdataviz.com Table 1. Data Visualization Best Practices Resource Library Date Content Title Skill Area Data Chart Type Healthcare Topic URL to Content 3/22/19 Leading Causes of Death Data Visualization Table/Treemap Healthcare Data http://www.healthdataviz.com/2019/03/25/leadin g-causes-of-death/ 2/4/19 Mekko Charts Data Visualization Chart/Graphs Healthcare Data http://www.healthdataviz.com/2019/02/04/mekko- charts/ 12/7/18 Design Thinking Required Design NA Software Based Systems http://www.healthdataviz.com/2018/12/03/design- thinking-required/ 11/8/18 A Profoundly Moving Data Display Data Visualization NA Healthcare Data http://www.healthdataviz.com/2018/11/08/a- profoundly-moving-data-display-revisited/ 9/18/18 Serious Talk About Bubbles Data Visualization Bubble Chart NA http://www.healthdataviz.com/2018/09/18/serious- talk-about-bubbles/ 7/30/18 2018 Summer Reading List for the Data Visualization Map NA http://www.healthdataviz.com/2018/07/30/2018- Health and Healthcare Data Geek summer-reading-list-for-the-health-and-healthcare-data- 6/26/18 Visualizing Annual Reports and the Annual Reports NA Research http://www.healthdataviz.com/2018/06/26/visuali Donahue Foundation zing-annual-reports-and-the-donaghue-foundation/ 4/30/18 Only Charlotte Needs a Web Data Visualization Radar Chart Value Based Purchasing http://www.healthdataviz.com/2018/04/30/only- charlotte-needs-a-web/ 3/19/18 Can't See the Forest for the Treemaps Data Visualization Treemap Diabetes http://www.healthdataviz.com/2018/03/19/cant- see-the-forest-for-the-treemaps/ 2/19/18 Intersecting Indicators and Time to Think Data Analysis Bar Chart Surveys http://www.healthdataviz.com/2018/02/19/inters ecting-indicators-time-think/ 12/21/17 Ghost Map Data Analysis Map Skills and Resources http://www.healthdataviz.com/2017/12/21/ghost- map/ 11/17/17 Famously Terrible Data Analysis NA Cost of Care http://www.healthdataviz.com/2017/11/17/fabulo usly-terrible/ 8/28/17 The Hammock Chronical (2017 Edition) Data Visualization NA NA http://www.healthdataviz.com/2017/08/28/hamm ock-chronicle-2017-edition/ 6/9/17 Scope of Responsibility Changes the Dashboards Dashboard Emergency Department http://www.healthdataviz.com/2017/06/09/scope- View responsibility-changes-view/ Copyright 2019 HealthDataViz Page 2 of 14 Date Content Title Skill Area Data Chart Type Healthcare Topic URL to Content 3/31/17 Stop Hunting Unicorns and Start Building Data Analysis NA NA http://www.healthdataviz.com/2017/03/31/stop- Teams hunting-unicorns-start-building-teams/ 2/20/17 Mental Models Data Vizualization Dashboard Home Health Care http://www.healthdataviz.com/2017/02/20/menta l-models/ 12/23/16 Red, Yellow, Green… Save It For The Colorblind Table Performance Measures http://www.healthdataviz.com/2016/12/23/red- Christmas Tree yellow-green-save-christmas-tree/ 12/1/16 Twitter Me This Data Visualization Sparklines NA http://www.healthdataviz.com/2016/12/01/twitte r-me-this/ 10/21/16 “Time is [Not] on My Side”: Using Time Data Visualization Dashboard Performance Measures http://www.healthdataviz.com/2016/10/21/time- Efficiently When Developing Dashboards not-side-using-time-efficiently-developing- dashboards/ 9/1/16 The Hammock Chronicles (2016 Edition) Data Visualization Dashboard NA http://www.healthdataviz.com/2016/09/01/hamm ock-chronicles-2016-edition/ 4/15/16 Raising the Bar on Stacked Bar Charts Parts of a Whole Stacked Bar Operational Data http://www.healthdataviz.com/2016/04/15/raising- bar-stacked-bar-charts/ 4/1/16 My Secret Tip for Testing Data Health Communication Dashboard Hospital CEO Dashboard http://www.healthdataviz.com/2016/04/01/secret- Visualizations tip-testing-data-visualizations/ 2/26/16 David Bowie vs. Alan Gilbert Data Visualization NA Skills and Resources http://www.healthdataviz.com/2016/02/26/david- bowie-vs-alan-gilbert/ 2/5/16 And Around We Go... Again Pie Chart Alternatives Bar Chart Performance Measures http://www.healthdataviz.com/2016/02/05/and- around-we-go-again/ 1/8/16 Best Available Incomplete Information Health Communication Map Cost of Care http://www.healthdataviz.com/2016/01/08/best- (BAII) available-incomplete-information-baii/ 12/18/15 Really Big Goals Goal comparison Deviation graphs Medications http://www.healthdataviz.com/2015/12/18/really- big-goals/ Copyright 2019 HealthDataViz Page 3 of 14 Date Content Title Skill Area Data Chart Type Healthcare Topic URL to Content 12/4/15 Postcard from New Zealand Data Visualization Small Multiples Medications http://www.healthdataviz.com/2015/12/04/postca rd-from-new-zealand/ 10/9/15 My Bin or Yours? Frequency Distribution Histogram C-Sections http://www.healthdataviz.com/2015/10/09/my- bin-or-yours/ 9/25/15 Love, Time, Environment Health Communication NA Skills and Resources http://www.healthdataviz.com/2015/09/25/love- time-environment/ 9/11/15 What's Hue? Color Hue Dashboard Financial http://www.healthdataviz.com/2015/09/11/whats- hue/ 8/28/15 The 2015 Hammock Chronicles Titles and Labels Bar Chart Operational Data http://www.healthdataviz.com/2015/08/28/the- 2015-hammock-chronicles/ 7/24/15 When was the Last Time You Asked Asking questions NA NA http://www.healthdataviz.com/2015/07/24/when- "Why"? was-the-last-time-you-asked-why/ 7/13/15 Is That a Zero In Your Data (or are you Missing data Line Chart NA http://www.healthdataviz.com/2015/07/13/is-that- just glad to see me)? a-zero-in-your-data-or-are-you-just-glad-to-see- me/ 6/19/15 Overindulgence & Excess Days Ratios Deviation graphs O/E Ratio http://www.healthdataviz.com/2015/06/19/overin dulgence-excess-days/ 5/15/15 Let This Chart Fall Off Your Radar Radar Graph Alternatives Dashboard Performance Measures http://www.healthdataviz.com/2015/05/15/let- this-chart-fall-off-your-radar/ 5/1/15 Use It Or Lose It! Asking questions Dashboard Performance Measures http://www.healthdataviz.com/2015/05/01/use-it- or-lose-it/ 4/17/15 Lower is Better - Flip the Display! Inverted Measure Bar Chart Performance Measures http://www.healthdataviz.com/2015/04/17/lower- is-better-flip-the-display/ 4/3/15 Learning to See Data Gestalt (Pattern) Principle NA Perceptual learning http://www.healthdataviz.com/2015/04/03/learni ng-to-see-data/ Copyright 2019 HealthDataViz Page 4 of 14 Date Content Title Skill Area Data Chart Type Healthcare Topic URL to Content 3/20/15 Children Can Kill You Data Visualization Table Lens Life Expectancy http://www.healthdataviz.com/2015/03/20/childre n-can-kill-you/ 2/20/15 Conveying Disease-Spread to "Word- GeoMedicine Map Vaccines http://www.healthdataviz.com/2015/02/20/convey Proof Ears" ing-disease-spread-word-proof-ears/ 1/23/15 What's The Damn Denominator? Data Accuracy Table Operational Data http://www.healthdataviz.com/2015/01/23/whats- the-damn-denominator/ 1/9/15 Seeing the Connections Gestalt (Pattern) Principle Scatterplot Correlation of Height and http://www.healthdataviz.com/2015/01/09/seeing- Weight connections/ 12/5/14 The "Dyslexie" Font Font NA Dyslexia http://www.healthdataviz.com/2014/12/05/dyslexi e-font/ 11/21/14 Scale Matters Axis Deviation graphs NA http://www.healthdataviz.com/2014/11/21/scale- matters/ 11/7/14 Genius Steals Ranking Deviation graphs Patient Satisfaction http://www.healthdataviz.com/2014/11/07/genius- steals/ 10/24/14 Room #14 Is Not a Magical Place Skills for Shaping Data NA Skills and Resources http://www.healthdataviz.com/2014/10/24/room- 14-is-not-a-magical-place/ 10/10/14 Quality and Staffing Metrics with Juice Health Communication Lollipop Graph Quality and Staffing Metrics http://www.healthdataviz.com/2014/10/10/quality- staffing-metrics-juice/ 9/19/14 The Luxury of Less Health Communication Slope Graph Cancer Survival Rates http://www.healthdataviz.com/2014/09/19/luxury- less/ 9/12/14 Did You Know That I'm a Champ? Health Communication Dashboard Physical Fitness http://www.healthdataviz.com/2014/09/12/know- im-champ/ 8/21/14 Color Commentary From The Hammock Attributes of Color Line Emergency Room Wait Times http://www.healthdataviz.com/2014/08/25/color- Front In Maine commentary-hammock-front-maine/ Copyright 2019 HealthDataViz Page 5 of 14 Date Content Title Skill Area Data Chart Type Healthcare Topic URL to Content 6/27/14 Staffing Plans and Quality Metrics Health Communication Dashboard Quality and Staffing Metrics http://healthdataviz.com/2014/06/27/staffing- plans-and-quality-metrics/ 5/30/14 What's an Infographic Anyway? Health Communication Infographic Prescription Drug Abuse http://healthdataviz.com/2014/05/30/whats-an- infographic-anyway/ 5/9/14 Is an Average of Averages Accurate? Data Accuracy Table Weighted Averages http://healthdataviz.com/2014/05/09/is-an- (Hint: NO!) average-of-averages-accurate-hint-no/ 4/25/14 A Histogram and Frequency Polygon Frequency Distribution Histogram Lab Values http://healthdataviz.com/2014/04/25/a-histogram- Walk Into a Bar... and-frequency-polygon-walk-into-a-bar/ 4/11/14 Is Knowledge Enough To Inspire Action? Health Communication NA Patient Engagement http://healthdataviz.com/2014/04/11/is- knowledge-enough-to-inspire-action/ 3/28/14 Do You Know How To Make It Plain? Plain Language NA NA http://healthdataviz.com/2014/03/28/do-you-know- how-to-make-it-plain/ 3/14/14 The Sounds of Colors Color to encode Pareto Chart Performance Measures