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lLeaders|lQsl&lAs|lGradelA|l100%lCorrectl
(VerifiedlAnswers)
Q:lIslanlagencyloflthelU.S.lDepartmentloflHealthlandlHumanlServices.lItlislthelprimarylFeder
allagencylforlimprovinglhealthlcareltolpeoplelwholarelgeograph-
licallylisolated,lorleconomicallylorlmedicallylvulnerable.
Answer:
lHealthlResourceslandlServiceslAdministrationl(HRSA)
Q:lFinanciallhealthlislcriticalltolanylorganization.lManaginglfinancialldatalen-
lsuresladequatelresourceslforllonglandlshortltermlgoals,landlsoundlfinanciallplanning.
Answer:
lAccountslReceivablelandlcostldata
Q:lCatheterlassociatedlurinaryltractlinfectionlislanlinfectionlinvolvinglanylpartloflthelurinaryls
ystem,lincludinglurethra,lbladder,lureters,landlkidney
Answer:
lll-lCAUTI
Q:lMedicallcomplicationsldueltolinfectionlimpactlpatientlrecovery,loftenlre-
lsultinglinlthousandslofldollarslinladditionallcost;ldatalalsolbeneficiallforlimprovementlinlinfecti
onlcontrollprocesses.
Answer:
lPost-oplinfectionlrate
Q:lCentrallLinelAssociatedlBloodlStreamlInfection
,Answer:
lCLABSI
Q:lHospitallConsumerlAssessmentloflHealthcarelProviderslandlSystems
Answer:
lll-
HCAHPS
Q:lThelAffordablelCarelActl(ACA)laddedlalsectionltolthelSociallSecuritylActlestablishinglthe
lHospitallProgram.lItlrequireslCMSltolreducelpaymentsltolhospitalslwithlexcessivelllllllllllllllllll
lllllllllllllll.lThislwaslimplementedlbacklin
2012.
Answer:
lReadmissions
Q:lUsedlaslanlindicatorlforlmeasuringlthelqualitylinlhealthlcare.lAffectslclinicalloutcomes,lpat
ientlretention,landlmedicallmalpracticelclaims.
Answer:
lPatientlSatisfactionlSurveys
Q:lDivisionloflDepartmentloflHealthlandlHumanlServicesl(DHHS).lIslrespon-
lsiblelforldevelopinglhealthcarelpolicylinlthelU.S.,landladministeringlMedicarelprogramlandlfed
erallportionloflMedicaidlprogram.
Answer:
lCenterslforlMedicarelandlMedicaidlServicesl(CMS)
Q:lContainslpatient-
identifiablelinformationlsuchlaslpatientldemographics,ldatesloflhospitalizationlorlotherltypeslofl
encounters,lhealthlrecordlnumberl(medicallrecordlnumber)landlphysician.
Answer:
, lMasterlPatientlIndexl(MPI)
Q:lMaylbelusedlinlresearchlstudieslwhereltherelareltwolorlmorelgroupsltolcompare.
Answer:
lANOVAl(analysisloflvariance)ltest
Q:lDetermineliflanlassociationlexistslbetweenltwolcategoricallvariables.
Answer:
lll-
Chi-squareltest
l
Q:lIsldesignedltoltestlifltwolpopulationlvarianceslarelequal.lThelratiolofltheltwolvarianceslislc
ompared.lIfltheylarelequal,lthelratioloflthelvarianceslwilllbe
1.
Answer:
lF-test
Q:lIncludeslunitsloflequallsize,lsuchlaslIQlresults.lTherelislnolzerolpoint.lAnlexamplelisltime:
lTimelislmeasuredlinl24lhourslinleachlday;ltheltimelbetweenleachlhourlislthelsame,l60lminutes.
Answer:
lIntervalldata
Q:lCanlbelmeasuredlaslalfrequencylorlpercentage,landlthelmeanlofltheseldatalcannotlbelcalcul
ated.lInlhealthcarelmightlincludeldemographiclinformationlaboutlpatients.lThelwordlmeansl"per
tainingltolalname."
Answer:
lNominallData