WGU C810 Foundations in Healthcare Data
Management Guide QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
| A+ GRADED 100% VERIFIED
• Uniform Ambulatory Care Data Set (UACDS) -✓✓standardized data
set for the ambulatory setting. "The __________ collects data specific to
ambulatory care settings with an intent to improve data comparison
across different settings of healthcare." It includes elements such as
reasons for the encounter, living arrangements, and marital status. The
_________ is not required, rather it is recommended.
• Minimum Data Set (MDS) -✓✓for long term care settings. This is a
federally mandated standard assessment form used to collect
demographic and clinical data on nursing home residents that must be
completed for every resident at the time of admission and during
reassessment periods; used to develop care plans and document
placement at the appropriate care level. The _______ is also used to
collect data when classifying Medicare residents into Resource
Utilization Groups (RUGS). RUGS categories include services that
require special care to long term setting residents, such as certain
medical or cognitive issues.
• Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) -✓✓a
standardized data set designed to provide the necessary data items
needed to measure both outcomes and patient risk factors of Medicare
beneficiaries receiving skilled services from a Medicare-certified home
health agency. The core data item set is for the collection on all adult
home health patients whose skilled care is reimbursed by Medicare and
Medicaid (excluding pre- or postnatal care)". Review of __________
data is used to help determine when the patient should be discharged
from home health, or if they need to be transferred to other services.
, • Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) -✓✓a set
of standard performance measures "designed to collect administrative,
claims, and health record review data". "Included are data related to
patient outcomes and data about the treatment processes important in the
evaluation and success of various treatment plans". Health plans often
publicly release ______ data to show positive effects of certain
interventions on their clients.
• Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems (DEEDS) -✓✓a
data set used to support the uniform collection of data for hospital-based
emergency rooms and to reduce incompatibilities in emergency
department records. Because __________ also incorporates national
standards for electronic data exchange, it can be integrated and shared
via electronic health records.
• ORYX -✓✓An initiative that integrates outcomes data and other
performance measurement data into the Joint Commission Accreditation
process. It promotes a comprehensive, continuous, data-driven
accreditation process for healthcare facilities. It uses nationally
standardized performance measures to improve the safety and quality of
healthcare.
• IGPHC -✓✓Information Governance Principles for Healthcare
• IGPHC is an -✓✓an information governance framework specific to the
healthcare industry which establishes a foundation of best practices for
IG programs in the form of eight principles
• ATIPCARD -✓✓Accountability
• Transparency
• Integrity
• Protection
• Compliance
• Availability
Management Guide QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
| A+ GRADED 100% VERIFIED
• Uniform Ambulatory Care Data Set (UACDS) -✓✓standardized data
set for the ambulatory setting. "The __________ collects data specific to
ambulatory care settings with an intent to improve data comparison
across different settings of healthcare." It includes elements such as
reasons for the encounter, living arrangements, and marital status. The
_________ is not required, rather it is recommended.
• Minimum Data Set (MDS) -✓✓for long term care settings. This is a
federally mandated standard assessment form used to collect
demographic and clinical data on nursing home residents that must be
completed for every resident at the time of admission and during
reassessment periods; used to develop care plans and document
placement at the appropriate care level. The _______ is also used to
collect data when classifying Medicare residents into Resource
Utilization Groups (RUGS). RUGS categories include services that
require special care to long term setting residents, such as certain
medical or cognitive issues.
• Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) -✓✓a
standardized data set designed to provide the necessary data items
needed to measure both outcomes and patient risk factors of Medicare
beneficiaries receiving skilled services from a Medicare-certified home
health agency. The core data item set is for the collection on all adult
home health patients whose skilled care is reimbursed by Medicare and
Medicaid (excluding pre- or postnatal care)". Review of __________
data is used to help determine when the patient should be discharged
from home health, or if they need to be transferred to other services.
, • Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) -✓✓a set
of standard performance measures "designed to collect administrative,
claims, and health record review data". "Included are data related to
patient outcomes and data about the treatment processes important in the
evaluation and success of various treatment plans". Health plans often
publicly release ______ data to show positive effects of certain
interventions on their clients.
• Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems (DEEDS) -✓✓a
data set used to support the uniform collection of data for hospital-based
emergency rooms and to reduce incompatibilities in emergency
department records. Because __________ also incorporates national
standards for electronic data exchange, it can be integrated and shared
via electronic health records.
• ORYX -✓✓An initiative that integrates outcomes data and other
performance measurement data into the Joint Commission Accreditation
process. It promotes a comprehensive, continuous, data-driven
accreditation process for healthcare facilities. It uses nationally
standardized performance measures to improve the safety and quality of
healthcare.
• IGPHC -✓✓Information Governance Principles for Healthcare
• IGPHC is an -✓✓an information governance framework specific to the
healthcare industry which establishes a foundation of best practices for
IG programs in the form of eight principles
• ATIPCARD -✓✓Accountability
• Transparency
• Integrity
• Protection
• Compliance
• Availability
