Data Basics
Raw facts and figures without meaning
What is Data?
Organized electronic data
What is a database?
Identifies patients
What is the Master Patient Index (MPI)?
Long-term data storage
What is data warehousing?
System communication
What is the capability of two or more information systems and software applications to communicate and exchange information?
What is interoperability?
Data that has been processed and made meaningful.
What is Information?
Tables, rows, columns
What is a relational database?
Tracks diagnoses
What is a disease index?
Pattern discovery
What is data mining?
ANSI-accredited SDO for clinical data
What is Health Level Seven (HL7)?
Tool that defines data elements
What is a data dictionary?
Objects + attributes
What is an object-oriented database?
Tracks procedures
What is an operation/procedure index?
Data oversight
What is data governance?
Standards for medical devices
What is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)?
Difference between data & info
What is “data is raw; information is meaningful”?
Collects uniform data elements from all health records of inpts.
What is UHDDS?
Risk of poor indexing
What is duplicate records or patient safety risks?
Daily data responsibility
What is data stewardship?
Pharmacy & prescription standards
What is the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP)?