Technology WGU questions with verified answers
Administrative Information System Examples Ans✓✓✓ Scheduling system,
financial system, admission, discharge and transfer (ADT) system
ADT System (Admission, discharge, transfer) Ans✓✓✓ A registration system is
also commonly refereed to as
ARRA (American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Ans✓✓✓ Provides funds for
adoption of technology and provides the right for every individual to receive
electronic copy of EHR
Barrier to patient centered care Ans✓✓✓ Is waiting until the end of the shift to
chart patient assessments a barrier to patient centered care...Yes, chart in real
time.
Computer position can be a barrier if it is placed between the provider and the
patient...pay attention to your patient.
Clinical Decision Support Tool Characteristics Ans✓✓✓ Takes specific patient
data, analyzes it and provides recommendations (next action)
ex: Computer generated care plans, alerts, smart pumps, electronic drug
references
Clinical Information Systems Examples of Effectiveness Ans✓✓✓ The information
retrieved can be used to foster research, improves nursing documentation
compliance, It can improve clinician workflow
, Clinical practice guidelines Ans✓✓✓ Clinical practice guidelines can allow for the
creation of nursing policies. True rooted in evidenced based research
Continuous Ans✓✓✓ Term that best describes the life cycle of an information
system
Culture of Safety Principles Ans✓✓✓ 1. Commitment of resources
2. Cross collaboration
3. Blame free environment
Data (not information until it has been analyzed) Ans✓✓✓ A patients height,
weight, code status, and date of birth are all examples of what
EDI Electronic Data Interchange Ans✓✓✓ Permits multiple systems to acquire
and share data
EHR Benefits Ans✓✓✓ Reduces medication errors, improves provider
documentation
EHR Ans✓✓✓ The EHR is a longitudinal electronic patient record of all health
care encounters...carries with the patient (longitudinal)
EHR Essential Components Ans✓✓✓ Evidence-based decision support,
assessment findings, vital signs, demographic data
EHR Function Ans✓✓✓ Bar-code medication administration