EHR EHR Data Analytics and Reporting 3

Question 1

What is 'predictive analytics' in the context of EHR systems?

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Using historical patient data and algorithms to forecast future health events or risks

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Reviewing past billing errors to recoup lost revenue

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Predicting which providers will retire within five years

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Estimating future hardware costs for EHR upgrades

Question 2

A quality improvement team notices that the EHR's blood pressure measurement field contains both '120/80' and '120 over 80' formats. This is an example of a:

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Data integrity / data quality issue

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Security breach

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Interoperability failure

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HIPAA violation

Question 3

Which reporting standard does CMS require for Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) submitted by eligible hospitals?

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QRDA (Quality Reporting Document Architecture)

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NCPDP SCRIPT

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X12 837P

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DICOM

Question 4

What is the purpose of a 'benchmark' in EHR quality reporting?

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A reference standard against which a practice's performance metrics are compared

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A hardware performance test for EHR servers

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A patient satisfaction survey template

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An automated medication dosing tool

Question 5

Which analytics approach is most appropriate for determining why readmission rates increased after a workflow change in the EHR?

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Root cause analysis using diagnostic analytics

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Descriptive analytics

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Predictive analytics

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Prescriptive analytics

Question 6

In EHR-based analytics, what does 'attribution' refer to?

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Assigning patients to a specific provider or care team for quality and cost accountability

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Giving credit to the software vendor in reports

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Labeling data fields with their source system

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Tracking which staff member entered each clinical note

Question 7

Which of the following best describes 'real-time analytics' in an EHR environment?

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Immediate processing and display of clinical data as it is entered to support instant decision-making

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Reports generated once per month from archived data

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A batch process that runs overnight to update quality dashboards

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Retrospective review of claims data from the previous year