A Nursing Informatics Specialist Hired by Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance

question 11

Multiple Choice

A nursing informatics specialist hired by Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance System (a form of third-party payers benefit package for a prepaid fee that uses specific standards to approve a period of time for the use of inpatient and community health services) is participating in:

• A) critical pathways.
• B) healthcare networks.
• C) health maintenance organizations.
• D) managed care.

---

Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A quantification of the range or diversity in a dataset, illustrating the difference of the numbers from their mean value.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding them together and dividing by the count of numbers.

Sample Variance

A measure of variability within a sample dataset, calculated by taking the sum of squared differences from the mean divided by the number of observations minus one.

Standard Deviation

A statistics metric that quantifies the variation or dispersion of a set of values.