WGU D514 ANALYTICAL METHODS OF HEALTHCARE
LEADERS OA PDF FOMART EXAM NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL
EXAM TEST BANK 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) added a section to the Social Security Act
establishing the Hospital Program. It requires CMS to reduce payments to hospitals
with excessive ________________. This was implemented back in 2012.
Readmissions
Used as an indicator for measuring the quality in health care. Affects clinical
outcomes, patient retention, and medical malpractice claims.
Patient Satisfaction Surveys
Division of Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Is responsible for
developing healthcare policy in the U.S., and administering Medicare program and
federal portion of Medicaid program.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Contains patient-identifiable information such as patient demographics, dates of
hospitalization or other types of encounters, health record number (medical record
number) and physician.
Master Patient Index (MPI)
May be used in research studies where there are two or more groups to compare.
ANOVA (analysis of variance) test
Determine if an association exists between two categorical variables.
Chi-square test
Is designed to test if two population variances are equal. The ratio of the two
variances is compared. If they are equal, the ratio of the variances will be 1.
,F-test
Includes units of equal size, such as IQ results. There is no zero point. An example is
time: Time is measured in 24 hours in each day; the time between each hour is the
same, 60 minutes.
Interval data
Can be measured as a frequency or percentage, and the mean of these data cannot
be calculated. In healthcare might include demographic information about patients.
The word means "pertaining to a name."
Nominal Data
The word means to "put in order." It can be measured as a frequency, and the mean
of ordinal data is often calculated. In healthcare might include patient satisfaction
surveys using a Likert scale.
Ordinal Data
Is used with interval and ordinal scale data and determines the extent to which a
change in one variable tends to be associated with a change in another.
Pearson's Correlation Test
Essential for comparing data across systems, especially among patients with varying
co-morbid diseases and complex treatment modalities. Multivariate regression
analyses can be used to analyze and ___________. This analysis model looks at each
measured factor to the patient's risk of a particular outcome.
Risk Adjustment
Determines the amount of variance in a set of data and evaluates the degree to which
each case deviates from the average, or mean.
Standard Deviation (SD)
Helps the researcher to compare whether two groups have different average values.
A paired ____________ is used when each observation in one group is paired with a
related observation in another.
t-test
Is the factor that is directly manipulated by the researchers. The dependent ________
is the measurable ________ that depends on the independent ____________.
, Variable
Used for advanced data mining. Hold huge amounts of data, used when multiple
organizations join to share information, i.e., ACO or HIE.
Data warehouse
Data stored in various tables, each table has a key
field to connect it to other tables, making all tables related to each other. Most
common.
Relational Database
In addition to text, stores audio, video, images, other 'objects'.
Object Oriented Database
Used online for actions such as lab sending information to clinical area. Has the
capacity to roll back to originally stored information if power outage or hacking. Most
relational databases today have this capacity.
Transactional Database
A business intelligence analyst at a regional healthcare system is developing reports
for clinical quality improvement projects and best practice guideline development.
The best practice guidelines will be used across the entire
regional system. Which type of database would be used to gather and analyze data
for the reports needed?
data warehouse
A hospital is onboarding a new cardiothoracic surgeon who is moving from a
different state to join their physician team. Which data source will be used to ensure
the credentials and background of this physician?
NPDB (National Practitioner Data Bank)
You are working on a report for the quality improvement manager to identify
Hodgkin's Lymphoma rates in the state as they compare to your rural area. Which
data source would provide valid data for your report?
Cancer Registry
Also called cross-sectional. Analyzes data
collected from a subset of patients at a specific point in time.
LEADERS OA PDF FOMART EXAM NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL
EXAM TEST BANK 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) added a section to the Social Security Act
establishing the Hospital Program. It requires CMS to reduce payments to hospitals
with excessive ________________. This was implemented back in 2012.
Readmissions
Used as an indicator for measuring the quality in health care. Affects clinical
outcomes, patient retention, and medical malpractice claims.
Patient Satisfaction Surveys
Division of Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Is responsible for
developing healthcare policy in the U.S., and administering Medicare program and
federal portion of Medicaid program.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Contains patient-identifiable information such as patient demographics, dates of
hospitalization or other types of encounters, health record number (medical record
number) and physician.
Master Patient Index (MPI)
May be used in research studies where there are two or more groups to compare.
ANOVA (analysis of variance) test
Determine if an association exists between two categorical variables.
Chi-square test
Is designed to test if two population variances are equal. The ratio of the two
variances is compared. If they are equal, the ratio of the variances will be 1.
,F-test
Includes units of equal size, such as IQ results. There is no zero point. An example is
time: Time is measured in 24 hours in each day; the time between each hour is the
same, 60 minutes.
Interval data
Can be measured as a frequency or percentage, and the mean of these data cannot
be calculated. In healthcare might include demographic information about patients.
The word means "pertaining to a name."
Nominal Data
The word means to "put in order." It can be measured as a frequency, and the mean
of ordinal data is often calculated. In healthcare might include patient satisfaction
surveys using a Likert scale.
Ordinal Data
Is used with interval and ordinal scale data and determines the extent to which a
change in one variable tends to be associated with a change in another.
Pearson's Correlation Test
Essential for comparing data across systems, especially among patients with varying
co-morbid diseases and complex treatment modalities. Multivariate regression
analyses can be used to analyze and ___________. This analysis model looks at each
measured factor to the patient's risk of a particular outcome.
Risk Adjustment
Determines the amount of variance in a set of data and evaluates the degree to which
each case deviates from the average, or mean.
Standard Deviation (SD)
Helps the researcher to compare whether two groups have different average values.
A paired ____________ is used when each observation in one group is paired with a
related observation in another.
t-test
Is the factor that is directly manipulated by the researchers. The dependent ________
is the measurable ________ that depends on the independent ____________.
, Variable
Used for advanced data mining. Hold huge amounts of data, used when multiple
organizations join to share information, i.e., ACO or HIE.
Data warehouse
Data stored in various tables, each table has a key
field to connect it to other tables, making all tables related to each other. Most
common.
Relational Database
In addition to text, stores audio, video, images, other 'objects'.
Object Oriented Database
Used online for actions such as lab sending information to clinical area. Has the
capacity to roll back to originally stored information if power outage or hacking. Most
relational databases today have this capacity.
Transactional Database
A business intelligence analyst at a regional healthcare system is developing reports
for clinical quality improvement projects and best practice guideline development.
The best practice guidelines will be used across the entire
regional system. Which type of database would be used to gather and analyze data
for the reports needed?
data warehouse
A hospital is onboarding a new cardiothoracic surgeon who is moving from a
different state to join their physician team. Which data source will be used to ensure
the credentials and background of this physician?
NPDB (National Practitioner Data Bank)
You are working on a report for the quality improvement manager to identify
Hodgkin's Lymphoma rates in the state as they compare to your rural area. Which
data source would provide valid data for your report?
Cancer Registry
Also called cross-sectional. Analyzes data
collected from a subset of patients at a specific point in time.
