WGU D220 EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS
◉ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Answer:
**Authorized INCENTIVE PAYMENTS to specific types of hospitals
& healthcare professionals for adopting & using interoperable Health
Information Technology and EHR's.
The purposes of this act include the following: (1) To preserve/create
jobs and promote economic recovery. (2) To assist those most impacted
by the recession. (3) To provide investments needed to increase
economic efficiency by spurring technological advances in science and
health. (4) To invest in transportation, environmental protection, and
other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits. (5)
To stabilize state and local government budgets, in order to minimize
and avoid reductions in essential services and counterproductive state
and local tax increases.
◉ AHQR (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Answer:
Produced evidence making healthcare safer, improve quality,
accessibility and affordability
◉ Asynchoronous Applications Answer: No contact with patient for
data collection. EX: Remote pt monitoring, Using health technologies to
share health metrics and data w/ providers. STORE & FORWARD
APPS (ex: photos)
◉ Administrative Information System Answer: can include registration
and scheduling; tracking through admission, transfer and discharge;
patient acuity and staff scheduling; financial or accounting systems; risk
management; payroll and human resources; 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, increasing the
number of insured persons.
◉ Alarm Fatique Answer: Becoming desensitized to patient care alarms
and missing or delaying their response to the alarm.
◉ ANA (American Nurses Association) Answer: Professional
organization for all RNs. Concerned with licensure, collective bargaining
and education
◉ Analytics Answer: A term describing the extensive use of data,
statistical and quantitative analysis, explanatory and predictive models,
and fact-based management to drive decisions and actions.
◉ Audit trail Answer: a report that traces who has accessed electronic
information, when information was accessed, and whether any
information was changed
◉ Authentication Answer: A method for confirming users' identities
◉ Authorization Answer: The process of giving someone permission to
do or have something
◉ Barcode Scanning Technology Answer: Scans drug and patients
wristband to verify medication order, inventory control, + pt
identification, correct med admin
,◉ Big Data Answer: a collection of large, complex data sets, including
structured and unstructured data, which cannot be analyzed without the
use of information technology
◉ Bioinformatics Answer: application of mathematics and computer
science to store, retrieve, and analyze biological data
◉ Biometrics Answer: the identification of a user based on a physical
characteristic, such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting
◉ Business Continuity Plan Answer: A plan for how an organization
will recover and restore partially or completely interrupted critical
function(s) within a predetermined time after a disaster or extended
disruption
◉ Business Intelligence Answer: Information collected from multiple
sources such as suppliers, customers, competitors, partners, and
industries that analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic
decision making
◉ Change Control Board (CCB) Answer: A committee that evaluates
the worthiness of a proposed change and either approves or rejects the
proposed change.
◉ 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 Care Classification (CCC) Answer: "Two interrelated
taxonomies, the CCC of Nursing Diagnoses and Outcomes and the
CCC of Nursing Interventions and Actions, that provide a standardized
, framework for documenting patient care in hospitals, home health
agencies, ambulatory care clinics, and other healthcare settings"
◉ CPOE (Computerized Physician Order Entry) Answer: An order
entry and decision support system that allows direct entry of orders and
immediately shared w/ others
◉ Change Management Answer: The process, tools and techniques that
help people implement changes to achieve a desired outcome. (Supports
the adoption of a medication Administration System)
◉ Change Control Answer: Helps to prioritize limited resources and
ensures system standards are upheld.
◉ Connected health Answer: a model of health care delivery using
technology to provide services including information and education.
Technology assisted healthcare is delivered between at least 2 points
involving either asynchronous or synchronous exchange.
◉ Consumer Health Informatics Answer: Use of electronic info &
communication to improve medical outcomes & healthcare decision
making from pt perspective.
Patient view and structures and process that enable consumer to manage
their own care.
◉ Clinical Research Informatics Answer: Discovery and management of
new knowledge pertinent to health and disease from clinical trials via
secondary data use.
AND SOLUTIONS
◉ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Answer:
**Authorized INCENTIVE PAYMENTS to specific types of hospitals
& healthcare professionals for adopting & using interoperable Health
Information Technology and EHR's.
The purposes of this act include the following: (1) To preserve/create
jobs and promote economic recovery. (2) To assist those most impacted
by the recession. (3) To provide investments needed to increase
economic efficiency by spurring technological advances in science and
health. (4) To invest in transportation, environmental protection, and
other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits. (5)
To stabilize state and local government budgets, in order to minimize
and avoid reductions in essential services and counterproductive state
and local tax increases.
◉ AHQR (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Answer:
Produced evidence making healthcare safer, improve quality,
accessibility and affordability
◉ Asynchoronous Applications Answer: No contact with patient for
data collection. EX: Remote pt monitoring, Using health technologies to
share health metrics and data w/ providers. STORE & FORWARD
APPS (ex: photos)
◉ Administrative Information System Answer: can include registration
and scheduling; tracking through admission, transfer and discharge;
patient acuity and staff scheduling; financial or accounting systems; risk
management; payroll and human resources; 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, increasing the
number of insured persons.
◉ Alarm Fatique Answer: Becoming desensitized to patient care alarms
and missing or delaying their response to the alarm.
◉ ANA (American Nurses Association) Answer: Professional
organization for all RNs. Concerned with licensure, collective bargaining
and education
◉ Analytics Answer: A term describing the extensive use of data,
statistical and quantitative analysis, explanatory and predictive models,
and fact-based management to drive decisions and actions.
◉ Audit trail Answer: a report that traces who has accessed electronic
information, when information was accessed, and whether any
information was changed
◉ Authentication Answer: A method for confirming users' identities
◉ Authorization Answer: The process of giving someone permission to
do or have something
◉ Barcode Scanning Technology Answer: Scans drug and patients
wristband to verify medication order, inventory control, + pt
identification, correct med admin
,◉ Big Data Answer: a collection of large, complex data sets, including
structured and unstructured data, which cannot be analyzed without the
use of information technology
◉ Bioinformatics Answer: application of mathematics and computer
science to store, retrieve, and analyze biological data
◉ Biometrics Answer: the identification of a user based on a physical
characteristic, such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting
◉ Business Continuity Plan Answer: A plan for how an organization
will recover and restore partially or completely interrupted critical
function(s) within a predetermined time after a disaster or extended
disruption
◉ Business Intelligence Answer: Information collected from multiple
sources such as suppliers, customers, competitors, partners, and
industries that analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic
decision making
◉ Change Control Board (CCB) Answer: A committee that evaluates
the worthiness of a proposed change and either approves or rejects the
proposed change.
◉ 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 Care Classification (CCC) Answer: "Two interrelated
taxonomies, the CCC of Nursing Diagnoses and Outcomes and the
CCC of Nursing Interventions and Actions, that provide a standardized
, framework for documenting patient care in hospitals, home health
agencies, ambulatory care clinics, and other healthcare settings"
◉ CPOE (Computerized Physician Order Entry) Answer: An order
entry and decision support system that allows direct entry of orders and
immediately shared w/ others
◉ Change Management Answer: The process, tools and techniques that
help people implement changes to achieve a desired outcome. (Supports
the adoption of a medication Administration System)
◉ Change Control Answer: Helps to prioritize limited resources and
ensures system standards are upheld.
◉ Connected health Answer: a model of health care delivery using
technology to provide services including information and education.
Technology assisted healthcare is delivered between at least 2 points
involving either asynchronous or synchronous exchange.
◉ Consumer Health Informatics Answer: Use of electronic info &
communication to improve medical outcomes & healthcare decision
making from pt perspective.
Patient view and structures and process that enable consumer to manage
their own care.
◉ Clinical Research Informatics Answer: Discovery and management of
new knowledge pertinent to health and disease from clinical trials via
secondary data use.
