WGU D220 MAIN SET QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔1. What is Health Literacy? - ✔✔Degree to which individuals can obtain, process,
and understand the basic health information and services needed to make appropriate
health decisions
✔✔1. What is Healthcare Information Systems (HIS)? - ✔✔Computer hardware and
software dedicated to the collection, storage, processing, retrieval and communication
of patient care information in a healthcare organization
✔✔1. What is Informatics? - ✔✔Science and art of turning data into information
✔✔1. What is information? - ✔✔Collection of data that have been interpreted and
examined for patterns and structure
✔✔1. What is information blocking? - ✔✔interference with the access, exchange, or use
of electronic health information
✔✔1. What is Information Literacy? - ✔✔Ability to recognize when information is
needed as well as the skills to find, evaluate and use needed information effectively
✔✔1. What is Information System? - ✔✔A computer system that uses hardware and
software to process data into information in order to solve a problem
✔✔1. What is International Classification of Disease - 10th Revision (ICD-10)? - ✔✔an
international standard diagnostic classification for health management purposes and
clinical use; it is used for reimbursement and to classify mortality and morbidity data
from patient records
✔✔1. What is Interoperability? - ✔✔the ability of two entities, human or machine, to
exchange and predictably use data or information while retaining the original meaning of
that data
,✔✔1. What is Knowledge? - ✔✔synthesis of information derived from several sources
to produce a single concept or idea
✔✔1. What is Logical Security? - ✔✔non-tangible protocols used for identification,
authentication, authorization and accountability
✔✔1. What is Meaningful Use (MU)? - ✔✔Use of HIT legislated by the ARRA of 2009 to
collect specific data with the intent to improve care and population health, engage
patients, and ensure privacy and security
✔✔1. What is Metadata? - ✔✔Set of data that provides information about how, when
and by whom data are collected, formatted, and stored
✔✔1. What is Mission? - ✔✔purpose or reason for an organization's existence,
representing the fundamental and unique aspirations that differentiate it from others
✔✔1. What is National Health Information Network? - ✔✔The Office of the National
Coordinator (ONC) for HIT initiative to provide the standards, services, and policies that
enable secure HIE over the internet
✔✔1. What is Network? - ✔✔Combination of hardware and software that allows the
communication and electronic transfer of information between computers
✔✔1. What is Patient-Generated Health Data (PGHD)? - ✔✔health related data
created, recorded, or gathered by patients (or family members/caregivers) to help
address a health concern
✔✔1. What is Phishing? - ✔✔A ruse to get consumers to divulge personal information
through social engineering and technical subterfuge via the use of electronic
communications
✔✔1. What is Physical Security? - ✔✔protection of physical items, objects or areas from
unauthorized access and misuse
✔✔1. What is Predictive Analysis? - ✔✔(predictive modeling) uses past and current
data to forecast the likelihood that an event will occur
✔✔1. What is Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)? - ✔✔personal health and medical
data collected from an individual at one site via electronic communication technologies
and transmitted to a provider at a different site for use in care and related support
✔✔1. What is Radio-frequency identification (RFID)? - ✔✔wireless technology that
creates detectable electromagnetic waves
, ✔✔1. What is Roll-Out? - ✔✔Staggered/rolling system implementation; also known as
preceding marketing campaign
✔✔1. What is Scope Creep? - ✔✔unexpected and uncontrolled growth of user
expectations as a project progresses
✔✔1. What is Stakeholder? - ✔✔Persons with a vested interest in a project because it
will impact them in some way
✔✔1. What is Standardized Terminologies? - ✔✔Structured, controlled languages
developed according to terminology development guidelines and approved
✔✔1. What is Store-and-Forward Technology? - ✔✔Asynchronous connected health
applications that can transmit recorded health information through secure
communication networks to a provider
✔✔1. What is Strategic Plan? - ✔✔A process that creates an entity's vision of the
future, develops broad goals for reaching that future and specifies high level steps for
achieving goals
✔✔1. What is Syndromic Surveillance? - ✔✔Processes that focus on near real time use
of early disease indicators to detect and characterize evens that may need health
investigation
✔✔1. What is System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)? - ✔✔A sequence of activities in
the planning, designing, testing, implementation and evaluation of an information
system
✔✔1. What is SWOT Analysis? - ✔✔A process that examines the strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities and threats of a given situation
✔✔1. What is Teleconferencing? - ✔✔use of computers, audio and video equipment,
and communication links to provide interaction between 2+ persons at 2+ sites
✔✔1. What is Telehealth? - ✔✔provision of information to healthcare providers and
consumers and the delivery of services to clients at remote sites through the use of
telecommunication and computer technology
✔✔1. What is Telemedicine? - ✔✔Use of telecommunication technologies and
computers to provide medical information and services to clients at another site
SET A+
✔✔1. What is Health Literacy? - ✔✔Degree to which individuals can obtain, process,
and understand the basic health information and services needed to make appropriate
health decisions
✔✔1. What is Healthcare Information Systems (HIS)? - ✔✔Computer hardware and
software dedicated to the collection, storage, processing, retrieval and communication
of patient care information in a healthcare organization
✔✔1. What is Informatics? - ✔✔Science and art of turning data into information
✔✔1. What is information? - ✔✔Collection of data that have been interpreted and
examined for patterns and structure
✔✔1. What is information blocking? - ✔✔interference with the access, exchange, or use
of electronic health information
✔✔1. What is Information Literacy? - ✔✔Ability to recognize when information is
needed as well as the skills to find, evaluate and use needed information effectively
✔✔1. What is Information System? - ✔✔A computer system that uses hardware and
software to process data into information in order to solve a problem
✔✔1. What is International Classification of Disease - 10th Revision (ICD-10)? - ✔✔an
international standard diagnostic classification for health management purposes and
clinical use; it is used for reimbursement and to classify mortality and morbidity data
from patient records
✔✔1. What is Interoperability? - ✔✔the ability of two entities, human or machine, to
exchange and predictably use data or information while retaining the original meaning of
that data
,✔✔1. What is Knowledge? - ✔✔synthesis of information derived from several sources
to produce a single concept or idea
✔✔1. What is Logical Security? - ✔✔non-tangible protocols used for identification,
authentication, authorization and accountability
✔✔1. What is Meaningful Use (MU)? - ✔✔Use of HIT legislated by the ARRA of 2009 to
collect specific data with the intent to improve care and population health, engage
patients, and ensure privacy and security
✔✔1. What is Metadata? - ✔✔Set of data that provides information about how, when
and by whom data are collected, formatted, and stored
✔✔1. What is Mission? - ✔✔purpose or reason for an organization's existence,
representing the fundamental and unique aspirations that differentiate it from others
✔✔1. What is National Health Information Network? - ✔✔The Office of the National
Coordinator (ONC) for HIT initiative to provide the standards, services, and policies that
enable secure HIE over the internet
✔✔1. What is Network? - ✔✔Combination of hardware and software that allows the
communication and electronic transfer of information between computers
✔✔1. What is Patient-Generated Health Data (PGHD)? - ✔✔health related data
created, recorded, or gathered by patients (or family members/caregivers) to help
address a health concern
✔✔1. What is Phishing? - ✔✔A ruse to get consumers to divulge personal information
through social engineering and technical subterfuge via the use of electronic
communications
✔✔1. What is Physical Security? - ✔✔protection of physical items, objects or areas from
unauthorized access and misuse
✔✔1. What is Predictive Analysis? - ✔✔(predictive modeling) uses past and current
data to forecast the likelihood that an event will occur
✔✔1. What is Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)? - ✔✔personal health and medical
data collected from an individual at one site via electronic communication technologies
and transmitted to a provider at a different site for use in care and related support
✔✔1. What is Radio-frequency identification (RFID)? - ✔✔wireless technology that
creates detectable electromagnetic waves
, ✔✔1. What is Roll-Out? - ✔✔Staggered/rolling system implementation; also known as
preceding marketing campaign
✔✔1. What is Scope Creep? - ✔✔unexpected and uncontrolled growth of user
expectations as a project progresses
✔✔1. What is Stakeholder? - ✔✔Persons with a vested interest in a project because it
will impact them in some way
✔✔1. What is Standardized Terminologies? - ✔✔Structured, controlled languages
developed according to terminology development guidelines and approved
✔✔1. What is Store-and-Forward Technology? - ✔✔Asynchronous connected health
applications that can transmit recorded health information through secure
communication networks to a provider
✔✔1. What is Strategic Plan? - ✔✔A process that creates an entity's vision of the
future, develops broad goals for reaching that future and specifies high level steps for
achieving goals
✔✔1. What is Syndromic Surveillance? - ✔✔Processes that focus on near real time use
of early disease indicators to detect and characterize evens that may need health
investigation
✔✔1. What is System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)? - ✔✔A sequence of activities in
the planning, designing, testing, implementation and evaluation of an information
system
✔✔1. What is SWOT Analysis? - ✔✔A process that examines the strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities and threats of a given situation
✔✔1. What is Teleconferencing? - ✔✔use of computers, audio and video equipment,
and communication links to provide interaction between 2+ persons at 2+ sites
✔✔1. What is Telehealth? - ✔✔provision of information to healthcare providers and
consumers and the delivery of services to clients at remote sites through the use of
telecommunication and computer technology
✔✔1. What is Telemedicine? - ✔✔Use of telecommunication technologies and
computers to provide medical information and services to clients at another site
