D514 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RATED A WESTERN GOVERNORS
UNIVERSITY
A hospital is experiencing a high rate of nursing turnover during the first year at
the hospital. There are many theories as to why turnover in this cohort is so high.
The chief executive officer (CEO) has asked the nursing director to study this
further and develop some tactics to improve nursing retention. The director plans
to gather data, conduct some statistical analysis, and report back to the CEO with
an improvement plan. How should the nursing director apply cluster analysis to
study this issue?
By grouping nurses into categories related to the reasons they resigned.
A healthcare administrator decided to implement email safety training classes for
all employees after reading about computer hacks through phishing. An exam
was given to the employees after the training. How should the organization use
the pass rate data from the assessment?
To see if additional educational efforts are needed.
A hospital would like to reduce the outstanding accounts receivables with large
amounts. The chief financial officer (CFO) asked the director of patient accounts
to identify delinquent accounts based on patient demographics to create a
collection process through the patient portal. How should the CFO use the data?
To implement improvements in the revenue cycle process.
Research has determined that the number of sleep interruptions in patients with
fibromyalgia has a detrimental impact on the clinical outcome of the disease. The
data from the research are given in the following table:
To recommend that fibromyalgia patients be screened for sleep deprivation.
An analyst is interested in understanding the association between the patients
admitted to the emergency department of a hospital and the number of medical
errors reported from that same department. Which database would the analyst
, use to find this potential association between the two variables of the patients
admitted to the number of medical errors reported?
Flat file database
The public health department is interested in the impact of emergency services
provided to trauma patients at accident scenes. Which type of database can
provide this type of information?
Disease registries
A researcher is investigating factors that influence emergency department wait
times for all urban hospitals in the United States. Which type of database should
the researcher use?
Data warehouse
An orthopedic surgical team implemented a new approach for a knee
replacement procedure due to a high rate of failure with the prior procedure. After
six months, the team wants to evaluate all patients receiving the new procedure.
Which data source is needed for this analysis report?
EHR
A hospital financial analyst evaluates the return on investment after purchasing
new endoscopy equipment. Which data source is needed for an analysis report?
Reimbursement records
A researcher is evaluating clinical referrals to behavioral health services for
patients diagnosed with chronic depression. Which data source is needed for this
analysis report?
EHR
Which approach should be used by an insurance company to construct a
database used to generate ad-hoc reports at the claim level?
Multidimensional
Which approach should be used to construct a database used for comparing
pretest and posttest results for a new drug intervention?
RATED A WESTERN GOVERNORS
UNIVERSITY
A hospital is experiencing a high rate of nursing turnover during the first year at
the hospital. There are many theories as to why turnover in this cohort is so high.
The chief executive officer (CEO) has asked the nursing director to study this
further and develop some tactics to improve nursing retention. The director plans
to gather data, conduct some statistical analysis, and report back to the CEO with
an improvement plan. How should the nursing director apply cluster analysis to
study this issue?
By grouping nurses into categories related to the reasons they resigned.
A healthcare administrator decided to implement email safety training classes for
all employees after reading about computer hacks through phishing. An exam
was given to the employees after the training. How should the organization use
the pass rate data from the assessment?
To see if additional educational efforts are needed.
A hospital would like to reduce the outstanding accounts receivables with large
amounts. The chief financial officer (CFO) asked the director of patient accounts
to identify delinquent accounts based on patient demographics to create a
collection process through the patient portal. How should the CFO use the data?
To implement improvements in the revenue cycle process.
Research has determined that the number of sleep interruptions in patients with
fibromyalgia has a detrimental impact on the clinical outcome of the disease. The
data from the research are given in the following table:
To recommend that fibromyalgia patients be screened for sleep deprivation.
An analyst is interested in understanding the association between the patients
admitted to the emergency department of a hospital and the number of medical
errors reported from that same department. Which database would the analyst
, use to find this potential association between the two variables of the patients
admitted to the number of medical errors reported?
Flat file database
The public health department is interested in the impact of emergency services
provided to trauma patients at accident scenes. Which type of database can
provide this type of information?
Disease registries
A researcher is investigating factors that influence emergency department wait
times for all urban hospitals in the United States. Which type of database should
the researcher use?
Data warehouse
An orthopedic surgical team implemented a new approach for a knee
replacement procedure due to a high rate of failure with the prior procedure. After
six months, the team wants to evaluate all patients receiving the new procedure.
Which data source is needed for this analysis report?
EHR
A hospital financial analyst evaluates the return on investment after purchasing
new endoscopy equipment. Which data source is needed for an analysis report?
Reimbursement records
A researcher is evaluating clinical referrals to behavioral health services for
patients diagnosed with chronic depression. Which data source is needed for this
analysis report?
EHR
Which approach should be used by an insurance company to construct a
database used to generate ad-hoc reports at the claim level?
Multidimensional
Which approach should be used to construct a database used for comparing
pretest and posttest results for a new drug intervention?
