HAC Healthcare Analytics Data Collection & Management 2

Question 1

Which data governance principle ensures that each data element has a designated owner responsible for its quality and accuracy?

Accepted Answer

Data stewardship

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Data provenance

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Data lineage

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Data federation

Question 2

A hospital is transitioning from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding. Which data management challenge is MOST critical during this migration?

Accepted Answer

Maintaining historical comparability between coding systems

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Increasing storage capacity for larger code sets

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Retraining all clinical staff on new billing procedures

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Upgrading network bandwidth for faster code lookups

Question 3

In HL7 FHIR, what is a 'resource' as it relates to healthcare data exchange?

Accepted Answer

A modular unit representing a discrete healthcare concept such as a patient or observation

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A server endpoint that handles authentication and authorization

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A compressed archive of clinical documents for transmission

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A regulatory compliance checklist embedded in the message header

Question 4

Which technique is used to combine data from multiple sources into a single, unified view without physically moving or copying the data?

Accepted Answer

Data virtualization

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Data replication

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Data warehousing

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Data archiving

Question 5

What is the primary purpose of a Master Patient Index (MPI) in a healthcare system?

Accepted Answer

To uniquely identify and match patient records across disparate systems

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To store all clinical lab results in a centralized repository

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To manage scheduling and appointment workflows

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To track medication dispensing across pharmacy locations

Question 6

A healthcare analyst discovers that blood pressure values in a dataset range from 0 to 500 mmHg. Which data quality dimension is violated?

Accepted Answer

Validity

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Completeness

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Timeliness

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Uniqueness

Question 7

Which approach to data integration is BEST suited for near-real-time analytics dashboards in a clinical setting?

Accepted Answer

Change data capture (CDC) with streaming pipelines

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Nightly batch ETL to a data warehouse

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Manual CSV exports from source systems

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Periodic full-table replication every 24 hours