Intradepartmental Consultation Analysis

Preface

This Quarto book documents an intradepartmental consultation analysis for digital pathology, covering data construction, data quality, efficiency, collaboration networks, predictive modeling, and reproducibility.

What This Book Covers

• Context: Why and how consultations are logged, and the research questions guiding the analysis.
• Data Pipeline: How raw Excel exports are cleaned, standardized, anonymized, and combined (R/process_data.R).
• Quality & Integrity: Checks for missing fields, exclusions, self-consults, and date validity.
• Analytics: Turnaround time patterns, workload balance, consultation networks, and statistical tests.
• Models & Forecasts: Predictive models for turnaround time and consultation volume.
• Reproducibility: How to rebuild processed data and render the book.

How to Use It

1. Start with introduction.qmd for background and research questions.
2. See materials_and_methods.qmd and process_data.qmd for data lineage and processing rules.
3. Review analysis.qmd, statistical_analysis.qmd, and network_analysis.qmd for core findings.
4. Check predictive_models.qmd and dashboard.qmd for modeling and operational views.
5. Consult reproducibility.qmd for rebuild instructions; appendix.qmd holds extended tables.