Chapter 5: Healthcare Data Sets Flashcards
What is a data set?
A list of recommended data elements with uniform definitions that are relevant for a particular use.
What is a data dictionary?
A descriptive list of the data elements to be collected in an information system or database whose purpose is to ensure consistency of terminology.
What does UHDDS stand for?
Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set
What is the UHDDS?
A core set of data elements that are collected by hospitals on all discharges and all discharge abstract systems.
What is the Uniform Ambulatory Care Data Set?
A data set consisting of a minimum set of patient/client specific data elements to be collected in ambulatory care settings.
What is the Minimum Data Set for Long-Term Care (MDS)?
The instrument that requires nursing facilities to conduct comprehensive, accurate, standardized, reproducible assessment of each resident’s functional capacity.
What is the Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)?
A standard core assessment data tool developed to measure the outcomes of adult patients receiving home health services under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
What is the Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS)?
A set of performance measures that are designed to provide purchasers and consumers of healthcare with the information they need to compare the performance of managed care plans.
What is the ORYX Initiative?
A Joint Commission initiative that supports the integration of outcomes data and other performance measurement data into the accreditation process.
