Exam 4: Data in Digital Health Systems

If a surgeon fails to complete records on a hernia operation by putting notes in the wrong places on an online form, this could be due to a poorly designed system error.

If not all of a patient's medicines are listed in an EHR, that is a data entry error.

Readings of blood pressure and respiration rate are clinical data.

Ransomware attacks increased from 2016 to 2017 by approximately __________ fold?

What do you see as the trend of healthcare big data analytics? Why do you think proper analysis of data can aid in the prevention of healthcare frauds?

In considering the issues surrounding data errors and quality issues, what would be considered the common underlying component driving its cause?

What sort of contribution can secondary data provide beyond that of registries to improve healthcare delivery in general?

Between 2013 and 2015, approximately what fraction of hospitals added online patient access to medical records?

What is the cost of healthcare fraud in the United States each year?

What are some possible sources of low-quality data? Why is it important to keep erroneous data minimized?

Some healthcare data take the form of multimedia.

When a nurse makes a voice recording of patient notes and includes that directly in an EHR, this is considered to be:

An uncooperative patient could contribute to data omission errors.