Which of the following Joint Commission standards addresses how
healthcare organizations must manage their information so that it can
used to support high-quality and improved patient care?
Record of care standards
Performance improvement standards
Data governance standards
Information management standards - Answers Information management standards
A report developed by a PI team on the occurrence of methicillin-
resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a neonatal intensive care
unit was subsequently used by the perinatal morbidity and mortality
committee in a monthly review of infant morbidity. Access to this report
was possible because it was housed in the organization _____.
Information warehouse
Comparative performance data
PI database
Computer hard drive - Answers Information warehouse
As part of ARRA, this Act requires that healthcare organizations and
providers make significant investments in information systems to have a
positive impact on the care that they provide:
HCQIA
Hill-Burton
,HIPAA
HITECH - Answers HITECH
Sites such as Hospital Compare use aggregated data to describe the
experiences of unique types of patients with one or more aspects of their
care. What is this data collection called?
Aggregated
Comparative
Detailed
Patient-specific - Answers Comparative
A(n) __________ is an open-structure database that is not dedicated to the
software of a particular vendor or data supplier, in which data from
diverse sources are stored so that an integrated, multidisciplinary view
of the data can be achieved.
Application program interface
Business intelligence
Data repository
Information warehouse - Answers Data repository
In the business intelligence tool (extract-transform‒load), which step
involves pulling the data from multiple sources, such as electronic health
records, data repository, or other health information systems?
Extract
Load
, Repository
Transform - Answers Extract
Which type of data collection pertains to the care services provided to
each patient?
Aggregated
Comparative
Detailed
Patient-specific - Answers Patient-specific
API is a technology solution that allows software applications to share
data in order to mine data in their information systems to improve
patient outcomes.
True
False - Answers True
The Joint Commission has categorized its performance measures into
__________ and nonaccountability measures.
Information management
Accountability
Intelligence
Data collection - Answers Accountability
Which type of data collection summarizes the experience of many
patients regarding a set of aspects of their care?