nur 3062 chapter 8

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Chapter 8

Indexes, Registers, and Health Data Collection


Indexes• Master Patient Index (MPI)

– Purpose of the MPI– Automated MPI– Manual MPI– Avoiding duplicate MPI records

• Disease, procedure, and physicians indexes


Data Entry Screen for MPI


Master Patient Index Card


Disease Index


Procedure Index


Physician Index


Registers and Registries• Case report forms• Vital statistics

– Birth certificates– Death certificates

• Operation of registers and registries


Case Abstracting• Case mix analysis• Automated case abstracting systems• Manual case abstracting systems• Data set• Data dictionary


Health Care Data Sets• Data Elements for Emergency Department

Systems (DEEDS)• Essential Medical Data Set (EMDS)• Health Plan Employer Data and Information

Set (HEDIS)• Minimum Data Set (MDS)• National Cancer Data Base (NCDB)


Health Care Data Sets (Continued)

• Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)

• JCAHO ORYX Initiative• Uniform Ambulatory Care Data Set

(UACDS)• Uniform Clinical Data Set (UCDS)• Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set

(UHDDS)


Health Care Data Sets (Continued)

• Medical Information Bureau (MIB)– Clearinghouse of medical and avocation information

• National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)– Legislated by the Health Care Quality and Improvement

Act of 1986


Health Care Data Collection• Descriptive health care statistics• Data quality• Hospital-based statistics

– Admission data– Length of stay (LOS)– Discharge data

nur 3062 chapter 8

Health & Medicine