Visual Analytic Tools and Techniques in Population Health and Health Services Research: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Jawad Ahmed Chishtie   ^{1, 2, 3} , MSc, MD ;   Jessica Babineau   ⁴ , MLIS ;   Iwona Anna Bielska   ^{5, 6, 7 *} , PhD ;   Monica Cepoiu-Martin   ^{7, 8 *} , MD, PhD ;   Michael Irvine   ^{7, 9, 10 *} , PhD ;   Andriy Koval   ^{7, 11 *} , PhD ;   Jean-Sebastien Marchand   ^{7, 12 *} , PhD ;   Luke Turcotte   ^{7, 13, 14 *} , PhD ;   Tara Jeji   ^{3 *} , MBA, MD ;   Susan Jaglal   ^{1, 15 *} , PhD

¹ Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

² Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, ON, Canada

³ Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁴ Library & Information Services, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁶ Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁷ Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁸ University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁹ Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

¹⁰ British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada

¹¹ Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States

¹² Universite de Sherbrooke, Quebec, QC, Canada

¹³ School of Public Health and Health Systems, Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

¹⁴ Canadian Institute for Health Information, Ottawa, ON, Canada

¹⁵ Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

*these authors contributed equally