LCHI 303- Ch. 1 Exam 1

3 categories of Data Analytics

1. descriptive 2. predictive 3.prescriptive

Use of computers for patients

Acute care, Patient engagement in healthcare, evidence based medicine, creation of practice guidelines, and patient safety

EHR impact:

Eliminates illegible handwriting, complete information, clinical provider order entry (time stamp)

predictive modeling

a process used to identify patterns that can be used to predict the odd of a particular outcome based on the data observed

Predictive analytics

addressing the future to determine what might occur

Descriptive Analytics

addressing the past to determine what has already occurred

Information system

automative system that uses computer harward and software to record, manipulate, store, recover, and disseminate data updated skills required

Evidence base medicine

based on peer review studies, clinical pathways, and clinical practice guidelines

Prescriptive Analytics

concerns what you do with the information you learned

information

data that has been manipulated into something meaningful

Electronic Health Record (EHR)

electronic record of health related information on an individual that conforms to the nationally accepted standards that can be created, managed, and consulted by authorized staff across more than one organization

Health Information Exchange (HIE)

exchange of health information electronically between providers and others with the same level of authority

Data Mining

extracting and analyzing large amounts of data from a database for the purpose of identifying hidden and sometimes subtle relationships

Use of computers in health care

patient care, research, business practices, education, and public health

Intranet

private information network that is similar to the internet in that it uses internet technologies example: it has policies, procedures, forms, events, and ect.

Data

raw facts and figures

Dashboards

reports of process measures to help leaders follow progress to assist in with strategic planning example: key measures and graphics

Descriptive statistics

statistical information that describes the characteristic of a group or population

inferential statistics

statistical technique that allows researchers to make generalizations about a population's characteristics

Data Analytics

the science of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing a conclusion about that information

Extranet

System that connect private networks to the outside firewall (firewall-prevents unauthorized access) uses internet technology to enable technology to enable collaborative applications to allow external users to access the information

Cloud Computing

Systems that operate on the computer that is maintained and owned by a vendor example: internet