WGU D220 PRE-TEST PART 1 & 2 WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS | LATEST 2024/2025
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - ANSWER-Enacted to revitalize
nations economy and create jobs. A significant portion was dedicated to expanding the
use of HIT to improve the business efficiency and effectiveness of HCOs while
increasing patient safety and positive health outcomes. It also enacted an incentive
program known as Meaningful Use
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.
*Some of the most common examples are checklists for FREQUENCIES of an EVENT
or CONSEQUENCES of using a particular PROCESS.
Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) - ANSWER-The senior manager (usually a registered
nurse with advanced education and extensive experience) responsible for administering
patient care services
Clinical Decision Support System - ANSWER-Supports healthcare practitioners in
making patient care decisions by integrating patient data with current clinical
knowledge.
Connected health - ANSWER-a model of health care delivery using technology to
provide services including information and education.
configurability - ANSWER-Refers to the extent that a given software product can be
adapted or changed to meet a user's preference
Criminal penalties - ANSWER-A person who knowingly obtains or discloses individually
identifiable health information in violation of the Privacy Rule may face a criminal
penalty of up to:
$50,000 and up to one-year imprisonment.
$100,000 and up to five years imprisonment if thewrongful conduct involves false
pretenses,
and to $250,000 and up to 10 years imprisonment
if the wrongful conduct involves the intent to sell, transfer, or use identifiable health
information for commercial advantage, personal gain or malicious harm.
Data Integrity - ANSWER-The correctness of data after processing, storage or
transmission. Can store, retrieve, correct and complete data available to authorized
users
Data mining - ANSWER-technique that looks for hidden patterns and relationships in
large groups of data using software.
DIKW theory - ANSWER-Data; pt monitoring, labs, diagnostic systems (CT scans)
Information; Clinical Info systems, & DSS (alerts/reminders)
Knowledge; Lg databases (med articles) & Artificial Intelligence
Wisdom; (data is most discrete)
SOLUTIONS | LATEST 2024/2025
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - ANSWER-Enacted to revitalize
nations economy and create jobs. A significant portion was dedicated to expanding the
use of HIT to improve the business efficiency and effectiveness of HCOs while
increasing patient safety and positive health outcomes. It also enacted an incentive
program known as Meaningful Use
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.
*Some of the most common examples are checklists for FREQUENCIES of an EVENT
or CONSEQUENCES of using a particular PROCESS.
Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) - ANSWER-The senior manager (usually a registered
nurse with advanced education and extensive experience) responsible for administering
patient care services
Clinical Decision Support System - ANSWER-Supports healthcare practitioners in
making patient care decisions by integrating patient data with current clinical
knowledge.
Connected health - ANSWER-a model of health care delivery using technology to
provide services including information and education.
configurability - ANSWER-Refers to the extent that a given software product can be
adapted or changed to meet a user's preference
Criminal penalties - ANSWER-A person who knowingly obtains or discloses individually
identifiable health information in violation of the Privacy Rule may face a criminal
penalty of up to:
$50,000 and up to one-year imprisonment.
$100,000 and up to five years imprisonment if thewrongful conduct involves false
pretenses,
and to $250,000 and up to 10 years imprisonment
if the wrongful conduct involves the intent to sell, transfer, or use identifiable health
information for commercial advantage, personal gain or malicious harm.
Data Integrity - ANSWER-The correctness of data after processing, storage or
transmission. Can store, retrieve, correct and complete data available to authorized
users
Data mining - ANSWER-technique that looks for hidden patterns and relationships in
large groups of data using software.
DIKW theory - ANSWER-Data; pt monitoring, labs, diagnostic systems (CT scans)
Information; Clinical Info systems, & DSS (alerts/reminders)
Knowledge; Lg databases (med articles) & Artificial Intelligence
Wisdom; (data is most discrete)
