Experts' perceptions on the use of visual analytics for complex mental healthcare planning: an exploratory study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health experts including planners and policy-makers face complex decisions in diverse and constantly changing healthcare systems. Visual analytics may play a critical role in supporting analysis of complex healthcare data and decision-making. The purpose of this study was to examine the real-world experience that experts in mental healthcare planning have with visual analytics tools, investigate how well current visualisation techniques meet their needs, and suggest priorities for the future development of visual analytics tools of practical benefit to mental healthcare policy and decision-making.

Methods

Health expert experience was assessed by an online exploratory survey consisting of a mix of multiple choice and open-ended questions. Health experts were sample

SUBMITTER: Walsh EI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7206783 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature