WGU D220 PRACTICE EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ 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
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ 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
