Domain 3: Data Analytics and Informatics

A coding service had 400 discharged accounts to code in March. The service coded 200 within 3 days, 100 within 5 days, 50 within 8 days, and 50 within 10 days. The average turnaround time for coding in March was

5 days

Which statistical inference measures both the strength of a relationship between two variables and the functional relationship between them?

Simple linear regression

In which phase of the modern systems development life cycle does determining the budget, schedule, and personnel constraints occur?

identification of need

what is a task performed during system customization

adjusting decision support

physical data model =

describes how the data is stored within the database 

To ensure quality of data, the cancer committee reviews the abstracting done by the cancer registry personnel. This type of reliability check is called

interrater

A hospital allows their coding professionals to work at home. The hospital is in the process of identifying strategies to minimize the security risks associated with this practice. Which of the following would be best to ensure that data breaches are minimized when the home computer is unattended?

Automatic session terminations 

A single point of personalized web access through which to find and deliver information, applications, and services

portal

For an EHR to provide robust clinical decision support, what critical element must be present?

structured data

The computer abstracting system in a facility has an edit that does not allow coders to assign obstetrical codes to male patients. This edit is called a(n)

preventative control

When is the best time to map current processes?

During the EHR planning stage

Which of the following is an organization that develops standards related to the interoperability of health information technology?

Health level 7

A network made accessible to trusted individuals outside of the facility is called a(n)

extranet

Once a current process is mapped, the next step should be:

Validate completeness and accuracy

A clinic that is expanding its service offerings and needs an individual to help design a new database will be searching for a

Data administrator

A data model is used to

Describe how data are used in creating information

A way to assess the quality of data in the EHR is to

Audit structured data entires

A healthcare facility has decided to adopt a tool that helps with multidisciplinary care planning. What tool meets these criteria?

Clinical pathways

The performance standard “Complete five birth certificates per hour” is an example of a:

Quantity standard

This type of chart is used to focus attention on any variation in a process and helps the team to determine whether that variation is normal or a result of special circumstances.

Control chart

The following question was typed into the system: How many patients were discharged on November 12, 20XX? This is an example of what type of query?

Natural language query 

This type of data display tool is used to illustrate frequency distributions of continuous variables, such as age or length of stay (LOS).

Histogram 

if the curve is not the left side, the distribution curve is

skewed right

Prior to the implementation of the new EHR, the HIM manager is working with the IT analyst in order to improve departmental workflows. They are using structural metadata. This type of data can be used to create which of the following?

dataflow diagrams

Kelly, the CDI specialist, is evaluating the information used by the coding professionals when they need to code various surgeries. She is particularly interested in the time lag between the actual surgical procedure and the determination of the pathology diagnosis. In which information system would the data element “principal procedure” be found?

encoder/grouper

median

middle number, crossing off the numbers on each side until you reach the middle number

Providing a process’s policy and procedure guide to a user who has never used the information system and then asking the user to perform the process could be used in what type of testing?

documentation

An HIM professional takes data on denials that have been received by the healthcare facility over the past year. After manipulating the data, she learns that patients of Dr. Smith account for 30 percent of all denials. She schedules a meeting with Dr. Smith to discuss the matter. What process is the HIM professional conducting?

data analytics

consumer informatics is focused on

information structure and process

Fifty percent of patients treated at our facilities have Medicare as their primary payer. This is an example of what type of information?

aggregate

As you continue the research on the COVID-19 pandemic impact on ABC Hospital, you’ve found that there is a higher mortality rate in COVID-19 patients due to cerebrovascular accidents. The autopsies show all of these patients suffered from many microinfarcts. What type of data analytics is being performed in this scenario?

diagnostic analytics