WGU D220 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT FINAL
PRACTICE SCRIPT UPDATED 2026 TESTED
SOLUTIONS
⫸ Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Answer:
Supports research designed to improve outcomes and quality of
healthcare.
⫸ Asynchronous Applications Answer: No contact with the patient for
data collection.
⫸ Asynchronous communication examples Answer: Remote pt
monitoring, Using health technologies to share health metrics and data
w/ providers, store & forward apps (ex: photos)
⫸ Administrative Information System Answer: includes registration and
scheduling, tracking through admission, transfer and discharge, patient
acuity and staff scheduling, financial or accounting systems, risk
management, payroll, and hr, quality assurance and contract
management functions
⫸ Affordable Care Act Answer: law passed in 2010 to expand access to
insurance, address cost reduction and affordability, improve the quality
of healthcare, and introduce the Patient's Bill of Rights
, ⫸ Alarm fatigue Answer: The phenomenon of nurses becoming
desensitized to patient care alarms and missing or delaying their
response to the alarm
⫸ artificial intelligence Answer: Use of algorithms and other
technologies to mimic human cognition and predict outcomes
⫸ Audit trail Answer: a report that traces who has accessed electronic
information, when information was accessed, and whether any
information was changed
⫸ Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA) Answer: **Mandated
by the FDA** Real-time, automated documentation of patient's
medication. Needs CPOE, A pharmacy system, & an EMAR system to
function.
⫸ Benchmarking Answer: A process of continuously measuring system
results, comparing those results to optimal system performance
(benchmark values), and identifying steps and procedures to improve
system performance
⫸ Biometrics Answer: the identification of a user based on a physical
characteristic, such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting
⫸ Checklists Answer: another simple way of gathering data in order to
organize facts in an easy way so an issue or problem can be reviewed in
more detail.
PRACTICE SCRIPT UPDATED 2026 TESTED
SOLUTIONS
⫸ Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Answer:
Supports research designed to improve outcomes and quality of
healthcare.
⫸ Asynchronous Applications Answer: No contact with the patient for
data collection.
⫸ Asynchronous communication examples Answer: Remote pt
monitoring, Using health technologies to share health metrics and data
w/ providers, store & forward apps (ex: photos)
⫸ Administrative Information System Answer: includes registration and
scheduling, tracking through admission, transfer and discharge, patient
acuity and staff scheduling, financial or accounting systems, risk
management, payroll, and hr, quality assurance and contract
management functions
⫸ Affordable Care Act Answer: law passed in 2010 to expand access to
insurance, address cost reduction and affordability, improve the quality
of healthcare, and introduce the Patient's Bill of Rights
, ⫸ Alarm fatigue Answer: The phenomenon of nurses becoming
desensitized to patient care alarms and missing or delaying their
response to the alarm
⫸ artificial intelligence Answer: Use of algorithms and other
technologies to mimic human cognition and predict outcomes
⫸ Audit trail Answer: a report that traces who has accessed electronic
information, when information was accessed, and whether any
information was changed
⫸ Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA) Answer: **Mandated
by the FDA** Real-time, automated documentation of patient's
medication. Needs CPOE, A pharmacy system, & an EMAR system to
function.
⫸ Benchmarking Answer: A process of continuously measuring system
results, comparing those results to optimal system performance
(benchmark values), and identifying steps and procedures to improve
system performance
⫸ Biometrics Answer: the identification of a user based on a physical
characteristic, such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting
⫸ Checklists Answer: another simple way of gathering data in order to
organize facts in an easy way so an issue or problem can be reviewed in
more detail.
