CHI CHI Healthcare Analytics & Population Health

Question 1

Which type of analytics uses historical health data to identify trends and patterns in a population?

Accepted Answer

Descriptive analytics

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Prescriptive analytics

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Cognitive analytics

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Real-time analytics

Question 2

A health informatician wants to predict which patients are at high risk for hospital readmission. Which analytics approach is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Predictive analytics

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Descriptive analytics

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Diagnostic analytics

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Normative analytics

Question 3

What does the term 'population health management' primarily focus on?

Accepted Answer

Improving health outcomes across a defined group while reducing costs

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Managing individual patient records

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Training clinical staff on EHR use

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Coding diagnoses for billing purposes

Question 4

Which measure is commonly used to assess the burden of disease in a population by combining years of life lost and years lived with disability?

Accepted Answer

DALY

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QALY

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NPS

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HEDIS

Question 5

A health system stratifies its patient panel into low-, medium-, and high-risk tiers to allocate care management resources. This practice is called:

Accepted Answer

Risk stratification

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Case mix indexing

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Utilization review

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Clinical benchmarking

Question 6

Which federal program collects and publicly reports quality measures for hospitals, including readmission rates and patient satisfaction scores?

Accepted Answer

Hospital Compare (CMS)

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HIPAA

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HITECH

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Meaningful Use