To kick off this case study, you’ll bring the data into Tableau. You’ll learn about measuring efficiency in healthcare, and after a quick check-up on the dataset content, you’ll get started with some initial exploratory analytics. Then, you’ll leverage your Tableau skills to do some comparison analyses.

Healthcare analysis in Tableau

Healthcare efficiency measures

Data import and overview

Hospitals overview

Total discharges

Average length of stay

Initial comparison of hospitals

Healthcare Analysis in Tableau

Roll up your sleeves and scrub in—it’s time to get operating on some insights! This chapter is all about identifying hospital performance outliers and revealing what attributes most influence length of stay and cost per patient discharge. Along the way, you’ll sharpen your Tableau skills by building some more complex calculated fields.

Analyzing hospital performance and benchmarking

Cost analysis by hospital

Calculating relative differences

Highlighting the outliers

Impact of surgical program size

What is driving costs and LOS?

Analyzing Hospital Performance and Benchmarking

In this final chapter, you’ll focus on building your final dashboard into a cohesive and interactive report. You’ll incorporate the HealthStat branding for an appealing display, optimize user-friendly navigation features, and close off by adding a dynamic title. 

Creating a dynamic dashboard

Building an effective dashboard

Building the dashboard template

LOS overview

Cost comparison overview

Wrap-up

Metadata sheet

Workbooks and Datasources

In healthcare, improving efficiency while maintaining high-quality patient care is a top priority. In this Tableau Case study, you’ll explore a real-world dataset to uncover hospital efficiency insights for a fictional consulting company called HealthStat. You’ll analyze attributes impacting the patient length of stay (LOS) and cost and work to identify factors contributing to hospital differences. You’ll leverage your Tableau skills to create measures and generate insightful visualizations. To finish off, you’ll bring it all together in a sophisticated business dashboard to communicate insights for the HealthStat team. This case study gives you a chance to practice a range of Tableau skills, working with real-world data.

In healthcare, improving efficiency while maintaining high-quality patient care is a top priority. <br><br> <h2>Use Tableau to Analyze Healthcare Data</h2> In this Tableau Case study, you’ll explore a real-world dataset to uncover hospital efficiency insights for a fictional consulting company called HealthStat. <br><br> <h2>Leverage Your Tableau Skills</h2> You’ll analyze attributes impacting the patient length of stay (LOS) and cost and work to identify factors contributing to hospital differences. You’ll leverage your Tableau skills to create measures and generate insightful visualizations. <br><br> <h2>Create a Healthcare Dashboard</h2> To finish off, you’ll bring it all together in a sophisticated business dashboard to communicate insights for the HealthStat team. This case study gives you a chance to practice a range of Tableau skills, working with real-world data.

Statistical Techniques in Tableau

Calculations in Tableau

Master Tableau with our practical case study. Analyze healthcare data, uncover efficiency insights, and build an impactful dashboard for HealthStat.

Case Study: Analyzing Healthcare Data in Tableau

Practice Tableau with our healthcare case study. Analyze data, uncover efficiency insights, and build a dashboard.

LOS overview

Case Study: Analyzing Healthcare Data in Tableau

Hands-on interactive exercise