Team types #
Summary #
Broadly, we might think of three types of analytic team within the ICS:
- Performance
- Data analysis/ reporting
- Data science
- Public health/ population health
The roles of these teams is discussed in more detail following. Quoted content comes from the data job family which is licensed under the OGL3.
Performance #
…develop performance measurement frameworks - key performance indicators (KPIs), goals, user needs and benefits - and analyse the performance of a service or product against these, adapting your approach and framework appropriately and in line with any changes
Tools and approaches
- SPC
- RAG ratings
- Board level summaries of KPIs
Data analysis and reporting #
“apply tools and techniques for data analysis and data visualisation (including the use of business information tools), collect and migrate data to and from a range of systems manage, clean, abstract and aggregate data alongside a range of analytical studies on that data manipulate and link different data sets summarise and present data and conclusions in the most appropriate format for users”
Tools and approaches
- PowerBI/ Qlik/ Tableau
- Benchmarking
- SPC
- Statistical analysis
- SQL
Data science #
…use data to identify and solve complex business problems. They have an interdisciplinary focus, using techniques and knowledge from a range of scientific and computer science disciplines (for example, statistics, analytics, machine learning)
Tools and approaches
- R/ Python/ Julia/ SQL
- Time series analysis/ forecasting
- Statistics (especially e.g. regression models, GAMs, GEEs, etc.)
- Machine learning
- Natural language processing
- Open tooling/ version control
Public health/ population health #
…improves population health by data driven planning and delivery of proactive care to achieve maximum impact. It includes segmentation, stratification and impactabilty modelling to identify local ‘at risk’ cohorts - and, in turn, designing and targeting interventions to prevent ill-health and to improve care and support for people with ongoing health conditions and reducing unwarranted variations in outcomes
Tools and approaches
- Segmentation
- Health economics
- Public health and epidemiological analysis
- Impactability modelling
- Population health profiling
- Opportunity analysis