Ch. 17 Implementing Effective Info Mngmt Tools

Question 1

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

Answer 1

A tool that allows self-assessment on a continuous and regular time frame

Question 2

Performance improvement in HC is an _____

Answer 2

information-intensive activity

Question 3

what are the three categories of data collection in healthcare?

Answer 3

1. Patient-specific
2. Aggregated
3. Comparative

Question 4

What is another term for benchmarking?

Answer 4

Comparative

Question 5

HITECH acronymn

Answer 5

Health Info Technology for Econ and Clinical Health

Question 6

What is the purpose of the HITECH Act?

Answer 6

Requires orgs/providers to make investments in EHRs to have “meaningful use”

Question 7

Transformation of data steps (3)

Answer 7

Data –> Info –> knowledge

Question 8

Why is technology important in transforming data to knowledge? (3)

Answer 8

• Allows standardizatiom
• Uncovering meaningful info
• Presenting info in order to understand

Question 9

What is information governance (IG)?

Answer 9

Organization-wide framework for managing information throughout its
lifecycle

Question 10

What is the most valued asset in any industry?

Answer 10

Information

Question 11

What is data governance (DG)?

Answer 11

Sub-domain of IG; provides for the design and execution of data
needs planning and data quality assurance

Question 12

What is business intelligence (BI)?

Answer 12

Uses applications to turn data into info

AKA analytics

ex: Aplication-program interface; Extract-transfermation load

Question 13

BI life cycle (4)

Answer 13

1. Aquire data
2. Clean data
3. Analyze data to discover trends
4. ID problems and opportunities

NOTE: It is a circular cycle

Question 14

Application-program
interface (API)

Answer 14

Allows sharing of data throughout various applications

Question 15

Extract-transfermation-
load (ETL)

Answer 15

Cleaning data via extraction from data source

Question 16

What are data repositories?

Answer 16

Provide timely data and information

Question 16

What are information warehouses?

Answer 16

Store reports, presentations, profiles, and graphics interpreted and developed from stores of data for reuse

Question 17

What are web-based PI team collaboration technologies?

Answer 17

Allow video conferencing or messaging to share info and collaborate in a live
environment

THINK: Zoom

Question 18

JC Accountable measures (4)

Answer 18

 Research
 Proximity
 Accuracy
 Adverse effect

Question 19

What are the 3 Information Resource Management Professionals?

Answer 19

1. Health info services managers
2. Info systems managers
3. Knowledge-based librarians

Question 19

JC info managemnt standard categories (3)

Answer 19

1. Information Management Standards (7)
2. Record of Care, Treatment, and Services
   Standards (9)
3. Performance Improvement Standards (3)