As a health care manager, it is important that you understand data analytic terms as they are used in clinical and public health settings to help you when making strategic decisions. This assignment is intended to serve as a study guide and to help you understand some of the basic data analytic terms used and their purpose in health care.
Part A
Complete the table below by selecting 5 terms from List A to define.
List A: Clinical Terms
• Health care associated infections (HAI)
• Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC)
• Morbidity
• Mortality
• Present on Admission (POA)
• Complication
• Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
• Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection (CLABSI)
Terms Define the term
Complete the table below by selecting 5 terms from List B to define.
List B: Public Health Data
• Vital statistics
• Crude rate
• Specific rate
• Adjusted rate
• Confounding variable
• Abortion rate
• Epidemiology
• Incidence rate
• Prevalence rate