DQ1 What is the purpose of looking at different types of data? What is the role of clinical terminology in data aggregation, normalization, and reconciliation?   DQ2 How do you evaluate outliers? How can outliers be used to determine root cause of data integrity issues? Research and briefly explain how CMS uses Winsorization when calculating […]

DQ1 What are clinical quality measures used for? Identify five clinical quality measures used by CMS. Describe the general structure of the five clinical quality measures you identified and explain how they are reported. Provide an example of how each of the five clinical quality measures you identified are designed to improve the quality of […]

DQ1 What is the difference between structured and unstructured data? Compare the impact of using structured versus unstructured data.   DQ2 Why does health care data need to be aggregated? In the data aggregation process, what is the impact of using information that is assigned a code as opposed to free text data?

DQ1 What is the importance of understanding the minimal data set needed to achieve the purpose of the report? How do health care organizations determine if reporting needs to be static or ad hoc? What are the challenges if data does not exist in an extractable format?   DQ2 Describe the requirements for a reporting […]

DQ1 How do the analytics needs of health care enterprises vary based on organization size? Describe the four types of projects in project management for examining the analytical needs of a health care organization as outlined in Chapter 1 of the textbook.   DQ2 An acute care hospital is facing challenges related to an increased […]

You notice that whenever you meet your friend for dinner, he spends more time texting others than talking to you. Is your friend addicted to texting, or does he just have a bad habit? Please explain your opinion.   Part 2: Based on what you learned this week, explore the following questions:    2. Discuss […]

Becoming a ‘patient’ in any health care setting results in being asked personal questions from strangers and having to make choices concerning things you have little-to-no expertise in, causing you to rely on health care professionals for ideas and advice. Even the heartiest of us experience a feeling of helplessness or loss of control and […]

Society has an important influence on body image, particularly for women. Overweight, underweight, or just right. To begin, watch this video segment: Born to be Fat: Fat as Destiny (Links to an external site.) [Video file, 1:36 minutes].   Full body side view of a girl at different body weights from morbidly obese to normal. […]

What’s Stress Got To Do With It? Part 1: Let’s start with a question based on your own life experience:       Take a few moments to recall a time in your life when you were under great stress. Share with your classmates what the event was. Please feel free to comment generally without […]

This is your opportunity to build your case study for M7A1. Start by giving your client a name. Next, provide demographics such as age, gender, race and/or ethnicity as well as  information regarding current lifestyle, marital status, employment, etc.  Last, choose one of the following health-related behavioral issues that your fictional client wishes to change […]