Understanding Data in Healthcare

What is the study of epistemology?

• The study of the human body

• The study of knowledge and knowing

• The study of the Earth's atmosphere

• The study of ancient civilizations

What is the definition of a fact?

• A statement that is consistent with fiction

• A statement that is consistent with reality

• A statement that is consistent with dreams

• A statement that is consistent with illusions

According to Gene Bellinger, what is knowledge?

• Information organized with respect to the understanding of patterns

• Data organized with respect to the understanding of relations

• Knowledge organized with respect to the understanding of principles

• Unorganized facts

What is the primary focus of healthcare data interpretation?

• Organization with respect to the understanding of relations

• Statistical analysis for refining relations

• Organization with respect to the understanding of patterns

• Model building and discovery

What is the main goal of analyzing healthcare data?

• To refine and discover relations in the data

• To elicit patterns in the data

• To discover additional relations in the data

• To organize data with respect to the understanding of patterns

What is the primary focus of data in healthcare?

• Factual information used as a basis for reasoning

• Information in digital form that can be transmitted or processed

• Information output by a sensing device or organ

• A set of values of qualitative or quantitative variables

What is the primary purpose of the HITECH Act?

• To establish guidelines for the use of electronic health records

• To establish guidelines for increased Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement

• To establish guidelines for the use of telemedicine

• To establish guidelines for the use of digital imaging technology

What is the primary goal of the Triple Aim in healthcare?

• Reducing costs

• Improving the work life of providers

• Enhancing patient experience

• Improving population health

What is the primary focus of the MACRA program?

• To establish guidelines for the use of electronic health records

• To establish guidelines for the use of telemedicine

• To establish guidelines for increased Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement

• To establish guidelines for the use of digital imaging technology

What is the primary focus of the MIPS program?

• To establish guidelines for increased Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement

• To establish guidelines for the use of electronic health records

• To establish guidelines for the use of telemedicine

• To establish guidelines for the use of digital imaging technology