W7A1 Data Warehouse
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Week 7 Assignment 1
Name: Data Warehouse
Date: 10/6/2023
Part 1
After reading the NACHC article answer the following questions:
1.
How are data warehouses used? Data warehouses are used to support strategic planning and quality management, improve outcomes for patients and the providers, supports public health initiatives at the state and national levels, and permits healthcare providers to influence policy and payment reforms. 2.
What is a data warehouse? A data warehouse is a compilation of an organization’s data, typically from multiple sources, to assist analysis, reporting, and strategic decision making. 3.
How is a data warehouse useful to a patient? A data warehouse offers the ability to go beyond an
electronic health record, to improve the enhancement of care quality at the individual patient level. 4.
How is a data warehouse useful to a provider? Clinical leadership can leverage data warehouse features on a broader scale, across populations, to pinpoint optimal treatment practices for chromic conditions. This involves identifying healthcare providers whose patients achieve superior outcomes and identifying providers who may require additional support due to suboptimal patient results. 5.
What are the major elements of developing a data warehouse? The major elements pf developing a data warehouse include: planning, designing and deployment of hardware and software infrastructure, and testing. Part 2 Case Scenario (extracted from Schnering, Sayles, McCuen):
Your facility is developing a data warehouse. You have been asked to determine which of your current systems should be included. The administrator has indicated that she plans to use the data warehouse for business, research, and clinical data analysis such as identifying which physicians make/lose money for the facility, determining the most profitable services, and analyzing best practices in patient care. Based on how the system will be used which of the following current systems should be included and why.
SYSTEM
INCLUDED YES/NO
JUSTIFICATION FOR DECISION
Patient satisfaction
Admission/Discharge/Transfer (ADT)
Financial Information
Quality Indicator
Release of Information
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