Power BI for Healthcare Professionals

Learn how to transform healthcare data into powerful, interactive dashboards using Microsoft Power BI. This course teaches healthcare professionals how to connect multiple data sources, model healthcare data, build visual reports and create executive dashboards that support evidence-based decision making.

Working with realistic NHS and healthcare datasets, you’ll gain practical experience creating dashboards for infection surveillance, waiting lists, patient outcomes, operational performance and quality improvement.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Connect Power BI to multiple healthcare data sources.
• Clean and transform data using Power Query.
• Build relationships and data models.
• Create interactive dashboards and reports.
• Write DAX calculations and measures.
• Publish and share dashboards securely.
• Design professional healthcare business intelligence reports.

Course Modules

• Module 1: Introduction to Power BI
  • Understand the Power BI ecosystem and explore how business intelligence supports healthcare organisations.
• Module 2: Importing Healthcare Data
  • Connect to Excel, CSV, SQL Server and other healthcare data sources.
• Module 3: Data Cleaning with Power Query
  • Transform and prepare healthcare datasets using Power Query.
• Module 4: Building Data Models
  • Create relationships between tables and develop efficient healthcare data models.
• Module 5: Creating Interactive Visualisations
  • Develop charts, KPI cards, maps, matrices and tables for healthcare reporting.
• Module 6: Introduction to DAX
  • Create calculated columns, measures and basic analytical calculations.
• Module 7: Building Executive Dashboards
  • Design professional dashboards for operational performance and clinical reporting.
• Module 8: Publishing & Sharing Reports
  • Publish dashboards to the Power BI Service and understand data refresh and security.
• Module 9: Healthcare Dashboard Design
  • Apply best practices for designing dashboards for clinicians, managers and executives.
• Module 10: Final Project
  • Build a complete healthcare dashboard using a realistic NHS dataset.

Skills You’ll Gain

• Microsoft Power BI
• Power Query
• DAX
• Dashboard Design
• Business Intelligence
• Data Modelling
• KPI Reporting
• Healthcare Analytics