Discuss ways health record data from uniform data sets may be used for secondary data sources in a healthcare organization.

Health informatics professionals may participate in data dictionary development projects. The ability to identify necessary data elements is assisted by the use of uniform data sets.
Scenario:
You are working with other informatics professionals to build a data dictionary for a healthcare organization. Your team has been assigned the job of taking the data elements found in various uniform data sets and building a data dictionary for each uniform data set. You must understand the different types of healthcare data so that you can apply the correct ones to your data dictionary.
Requirements:
A. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each of the following categories of healthcare data:
1. aggregate data
2. comparative data
3. patient-centric data
B. Explain ways health record data may be used as a primary data source in a healthcare organization.
C. Discuss ways health record data from uniform data sets may be used for secondary data sources in a healthcare organization.
D. Analyze why a data dictionary is an essential tool when used across information systems.
1. Justify how the use of data dictionaries could improve an organization’s communication across the continuum of care.