Health timeline: an insight-based study of a timeline visualization of clinical data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The increasing complexity and volume of clinical data poses a challenge in the decision-making process. Data visualizations can assist in this process by speeding up the time required to analyze and understand clinical data. Even though empirical experiments show that visualizations facilitate clinical data understanding, a consistent method to assess their effectiveness is still missing.

Methods

The insight-based methodology determines the quality of insights a user acquires from the visualization. Insights receive a value from one to five points based on a domain-specific criteria. Five professional psychiatrists took part in the study using real de-identified clinical data spanning 4 years of medical history.

Results

A total of 50 assessments were transc

SUBMITTER: Ledesma A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6704521 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature