Analysis and Evaluation of Health Data
UndergraduateLTU-HIM30012026
Course information for 2026 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Enrol by
- 22 Feb 2026
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Start dates
- 2 Mar 2026
- Price from
- $1,192
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Analysis and Evaluation of Health Data
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Appraise scientific literature, research designs, and techniques for the collection, analysis, reporting, applications and evaluation of health data and information beyond the patient/client treatment and disease and operation classification stages.
- Evaluate and report on health data for clinical and related decision-making through the application of data quality and data integrity frameworks.
- Examine the principles and processes of establishing, managing and analysing data in specialised clinical and epidemiological databases and registries, including the legislative, privacy and ethics-related requirements.
- Evaluate key data quality issues, and management protocols and functions, in specialised clinical and epidemiological settings
- Analyse the quality of coded and other administrative data and their statistical outcomes in a clinical or observational epidemiological study and provide expert advice to clinicians and researchers on this data.
- Work collaboratively to complete a research proposal ethics application.
- Issues surrounding the uses of ICD-10 coded data in research
- Introduction to epidemiology
- Observational and Experimental study designs
- Risk and inferential statistics
- Clinical and epidemiological databases and registries
- Data quality and information integrity
- Health and performance indicators
- Screening and prevention
- Clinical trials
In this subject you analyse, interpret and use coded and non-coded health data beyond the treatment and disease/operation classification stages. Key emphases include the identification, critical evaluation and objective uses of health data in epidemiological and clinical research; health data and statistics applications in health care management and clinical decision-making; speciality performance indicators; identification and resolution of regulatory, ethical and management issues surrounding registries, health databases and clinical trials; and evaluating the quality , integrity and comparability of coded data and their statistical outcomes. You will become competent in health data analytics through analysing, critiquing, applying and advising upon health data in clinical, epidemiological, and healthcare management environments, and in the context of state and national population health monitoring.
This subject includes synchronous sessions held during business hours. This means that you will attend sessions each week simultaneously with your facilitator and classmates. This subject is recommended for third-year undergraduate students, and for students who have completed all first and second-year subjects in the Bachelor of Health Information Management.
- Research proposal plan (250 words) (10%)
- One 10-minute group presentation and written research proposal (equivalent to 500 words per student). Each student will contribute to the written research proposal and present for approx 3-mins as part of the group presentation. (20%)
- One 1500-word individual assignment (30%)
- One 90 minute online exam (1,500 words equivalent) (40%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- LAT-HIM-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Health Information Management
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
LTU-HIM2005 (Not currently available)
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
Others
Prerequisites: Students must be admitted into the following course: HB001O
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed HIM4ADB (Analysis of Health Data B) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Health Information Management
UndergraduateLAT-HIM-DEG