Data analysis in today’s complex healthcare system affects the providers, payers, and vendors. The DNP leader must combine data management and analytics, patient safety, and quality to create a system where optimum care can occur. The DNP must be competent in data analytics to create information to inform practice decisions. This assignment provides an opportunity to hone those skills.
Scenario
Review the case study on pages 451–452 of your McBride textbook.
Assignment Guidelines
In a Word document, write one to two paragraphs that answer the following questions:
Which category of data should the analyst examine for this quality issue?
What are the pros and cons of a retrospective warehouse and a clinical data store to investigate the mortality rate? Which should the analyst use?
What type of analytic approach might the analyst use?
What type of tools might assist the analyst?