Healthcare Data Sets
Healthcare Data Sets
There are many different organizations that create and maintain healthcare data sets. By Day 1 of Week One, you will be assigned one of the following data sets to research and share with the class:
- Healthcare Effectiveness Data Set (HEDIS)
- Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)
- Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS)
- Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI)
- Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)
- National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES)
- Diabetes Registry
- Medical Device Registry
- National Practitioner Data bank
- National survey of Ambulatory Surgery
- National Hospital Care Survey
For your assigned data set, include the following information in your initial post:
- The data source
- Data type
- A minimum of ten data elements
- Targeted population
- Purpose of the data set
- How the data is collected and used
- Identify and summarize an article/report regarding the data findings.
Initial Post: Your initial post should be a minimum of 250 to 300 words. In addition to the textbook, utilize a minimum of two scholarly sources to support your post. Cite and reference your sources in APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.