Research Guides: Health Data & Statistics: Special Topics

Data Makes the Difference

Data makes the difference : the smart nurse's handbook for using data to improve care by Kimberly S. Glassman & eri Rosenfeld
ISBN: 155810612X
Publication Date: 2015
"Data Makes the Difference: The Smart Nurse’s Handbook for Using Data to Improve Care" helps RNs like you understand how to use accurate and meaningful quality and safety data in your practice.

It demystifies data and counters the negative, incorrect perception that nurses can’t use it to drive patient care. It also empowers you to become confident and comfortable in using quality and safety data to demonstrate the contributions of nurses to patient-centered outcomes.

NYU Health Data

NYU Data Catalog

Find large public and licensed datasets available through institutional or individual licensing. Dataset records include information about the content of the dataset, how to access the dataset, and local experts within NYULMC and NYU to assist in the use of these datasets.

The data catalog will expand to include internally generated datasets from NYULMC and NYU in the near future; if you are interested in submitting a dataset to the data catalog, have a suggestion for additional datasets to add, or are willing to serve as a local expert, please use the Contact Us form.

Hospital Data

HCUP
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) includes the largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the United States.
New York State Department of Health: Hospitals in NY State
Offers a variety of information on hospitals within NY state, including profiles, complaints, patient tracking, diagnosis information, and more.
New York State Department of Health: Hospital Profiles
One featured page from the NYS Department of Health: Hospitals in NY State, this page allows one to view all hospitals in the state of NY and profiles on them that include information about hospitals' quality of care, maternity information, surgery, surgical procedures, and inspections.
New York State Department of Health:Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century
Though most recent data is from 2004, this report and the data it utilizes shed light on the status of hospitals and nursing homes in different regions of NY and offer recommendations for management.

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Statista aggregates data on markets, industry, politics, economics and population. Sources include trade publications, market and opinion research institutions, government sources, business and economic databases, reference publications, media sources and scholarly articles. It has information on hospitals from the national level.

Medicare Hospital Compare Data
Hospital Compare- Information about the quality of care at over 4,000 Medicare-certified hospitals-across the country.

Health Workforce

U.S. Health Workforce Data
The State Profiles provide data on 35 types of health workers -- from physicians, nurses, and dentists to counselors, physical therapists, and others. The Area Health Resources Files (ARHF) comprise health workforce data for every U.S. county, drawn from more than 50 sources. Included are data on health care professions, health professions training, health facilities, hospital utilization, hospital expenditures, population and economic statistics, environment, and codes and classifications.
U.S. Health Workforce Data: Nursing