Dynamic Analysis of Hospital Data: An Interactive Approach to Health Management

• Vinícius Pedroso PUCRS
• Artur Kniest PUCRS
• Giovanna Castro PUCRS
• Isabel H. Manssour PUCRS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbcas_estendido.2025.7234

Abstract

The growing volume of data from DATASUS, including hospital admission records, presents challenges such as a lack of standardization and incompleteness. Visual exploratory analysis emerges as an effective tool to facilitate its interpretation and assist in decision-making. This work aims to apply interactive visualization and data exploration techniques to analyze hospital occupancy in Rio Grande do Sul, providing an online dashboard that allows queries about hospitalizations in the region. The tool enables the analysis of, for instance, the most common procedures and the distribution of hospitalizations over a year, providing information for a more efficient allocation of hospital resources.

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