Healthcare Data, Data Sets And Standards Flashcards
Organized data
Information
Items, observations, raw facts,
Data
Health data that has been organized
Health information
What is the order when describing data
- data type (numeric, alpha, free text)
- Characters
- Fields
- Records (everything put together demographics)
- Files
- Data sets
A letter, a single-digit number, or symbol
Characters
A series of related characters that have a specific relationship to one another
Fields
Example of fields are
zipcode, dob, phone
Combination of fields that have a logical connection to one another.
Records
Examples of records are
patient demographic record, patient Diagnosis and procedure record, insurance recordand EMR Encounter record
A group of related records of different types of data
files
Gives examples of file
files submitted to a coding system, files created by billing system and transmitted to payer, PHR file downloaded form pt Portal
What is the name of the who file that is given to the payer
EDI
A group of elements collected in a standard method for a specific purpose so then they can be utilized in a business function and/ or for research
Data sets
Generated
- as a by-product of HIT function (registration and discharge)
- by “abstracting
Data sets
What does UHDDS
Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Sets (Acute Care)