Which of the following terms is a knowledge management tool that ...

[Mr. Wonderful]

Which of the following terms is a knowledge management tool that engages software to uncover inter-relationships within large data-sets?
 
  1. Data mining
  2. Knowledge discovery
  3. Data destruction
  4. Data cleansing

Question 2

_______________________ has become widespread throughout the health care industry as a method of continual process of measuring services and practices against the toughest competitors in the health care industry.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: Data mining is a knowledge management tool that engages software to uncover inter-relationships within large data-sets and naturally leads to the knowledge discovery in databases paradigm.

Answer to Question 2

Benchmarking
Rationale : Benchmarking is the continual process of measuring services and practices against the toughest competitors in the health care industry. An example of benchmarking is to compare the number of IS staff required to support the clinical applications for the enterprise to that of other health care providers with similar demographic and volume statistics. When needs are no longer met, or the organization falls far below the benchmark, the process of identifying potential solutions and selecting the best option is begun again.
Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Understanding
Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
Client Need Sub: Management of Care
Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Planning
Learning Outcome: