How to Visually Correlate Data For Powerful Presentations

Why should you connect with our team of design experts to translate your case data into a visual form? A great reason is because 90% of information transmitted to your brain is visual. Billions of neurons are specifically dedicated to analyzing and interpreting visual information. That’s why our brain processes visuals 60,000x FASTER than text.

This is the fifth collection of data visualization options that we will utilize to help communicate and clarify the details of your case. Curious about other ways to add visuals to make your story more powerful than ever? Check out the other posts in this special series:

Part 1: Inform
Part 2: Compare & Contrast
Part 3: Organize
Part 4: Process & Change

When you want to reveal trends, or show distributions and relationships over time, CORRELATED graphics are an effective visual strategy to communicate your case clearly and effectively. Correlating data will also highlight an important relationship between elements at a particular moment in time​, and show how an outcome could have changed based on that one data point or decision.

These are the questions to consider before we begin collaborating on a design process which includes graphics that Correlates data in a visual form:

• Do you want to reveal, or focus attention to, the nature of a relationship or problem?
• Do you need to reveal actions, delays, or trends over the course of time?
• Will showing significant or insignificant values in the final outcome add strength to your story?
• Will it be important to have your audience visualize the big picture between one or more data relationships?

Our team will collaborate with you to design a cohesive visual graphic that effectively showcases and highlights the story in a way that’s simple and easy for your audience to understand.

A line chart or line graph is a type of chart utilized to display your case information as a series of data points called ‘markers’, connected by straight line segments. Our designers have found that line graphs are very effective in showing how a particular type of data changes at equal intervals of time, and they can arrange your data in order to highlight fluctuations or abnormalities over time. An expert can easily point to the significance of these variations on this type of chart or graph.

In the example below, our designers applied the data to show fluctuations in a patient’s systolic and diastolic blood pressure values over the course of time.

In the second example, the line graph shows the correlation between giving time for a patient to strengthen their bodies and get healthy prior to cardiac surgery (in relation to their chance of recovery). If surgery or invasive procedures are done too soon, not allowing a patient to gain strength and improve health ahead of time, recovery could be very limited or their prognosis negative.

This illustration clearly correlates outcomes between the right way and wrong ways of timing the procedure.

An area graph or chart is similar to a line graph, however the area below or between the lines are filled with colors or textures. Our designers would add this distinction to further highlight the overall trends over the course of time, rather than specific values - therefore helping to represent the development of two or more categories over time.

The example below depicts the acute health effects or neurologic signs that follow exposure to high concentrations of CO2 for an extended duration of time.

When you need to show how one part of your story relates to the whole, and how the presence or absence of that element changes the relationship, dynamic, or outcome, we could utilize a puzzle diagram design as more of a conceptual approach.

The example below is a stylistic exhibit of a puzzle diagram, however our artists clearly illustrate how communication is key to success in managing patients. Without effective communication, a piece is missing, and therefore one can expect a failure or reduced standard of care.

In this type of correlate graphic, data is applied into a one-dimensional layout of individual entities or parties, with circular arcs to represent relationships or connections. These connections can represent one or more categories, creating different arcs between each entity. Our designers can alter the thickness or style of the lines to display the type or frequency of the connection.

In the arc diagram below, the type and frequency of communications is clearly seen between multiple entities. Our team applied the data to show several levels of information in one image, and give a more detailed overview of the scenario.

A trend line is a line that is drawn as an average between highs and lows to show the general course or tendency of something. Our experts would create a visual design of your data into trend line graphics to help identify positive and negative trending charts and patterns of behavior, and/or to determine supporting actions or interventions.

Maintaining stability between acid and alkali levels (pH levels) in the body is essential to a person’s overall health and is a constant problem with individuals that suffer from kidney disease. In the example below, our designers created a graphic to depict the upward trend in acid concentration beyond the ideal range in a patient undergoing dialysis. If allowed to persist this can lead to acidosis, or very low levels of blood pH called acidemia, which can be fatal.

In the second example, our designers created a graphic that shows the trends of a premature baby’s weight over the period of 6 months. Upon viewing this graph, a person can easily deduce that the baby is growing healthily and sustaining a positive trend.

This correlative graphic can be considered as a type of flow diagram, in which our designers apply your data into different variables (or decisions) assigned to horizontal axes, branching at various decision points.

Our experts find decision trees particularly effective in showing how different decisions at multiple points in time can alter a result. Below is a perfect example of all of these different decisions at a number of different times that could have resulted in a positive outcome for the infant in this case.

The second decision tree design was created by our artists in order to show every single decision made over the course of time, and how each decision made was the difference between life and death of the patient.

MediVisuals + High Impact’s team of visual strategists, artists and developers can build and customize your digital presentation for any case involving personal injury, medical malpractice, birth trauma - or any subject involving complex information.

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