NURSG 520 · Data Sources & Data Quality: Can I Trust This Data?

Guided Reading: Chapter 2 of The Health Care Data Guide

This is a reading companion for Chapter 2, “Using Data for Improvement,” in The Health Care Data Guide: Learning from Data for Improvement. Work through the four questions below with the chapter open beside you. Answer each one in your own words — you can type here and print the finished guide, or print it blank and write by hand.

Before you go: the chapter opens in the EBSCO eBook viewer. If you are asked to sign in, use your BAYADA library credentials.

Open Chapter 2 Open side by side

Reading side by side: Open side by side places the chapter on the right half of your screen. To snap this page to the left half, press Windows + ← on Windows, or drag this window to the left edge on a Mac and choose Tile Window to Left.

Not started — 4 questions to answer.

  1. What characteristics make health care data trustworthy?

    • Data quality
    • Validity

  2. Why are operational definitions essential for comparing performance over time?

    • Definitions
    • Comparability

  3. How can sampling influence the conclusions we draw from data?

    • Sampling
    • Bias

  4. What types of measures are commonly used in health care improvement?

    • Measure types