WGU D220 INFORMATICS OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT ACTUAL EXAM 2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS BRAND NEW VERSION

WGU D220 INFORMATICS OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT ACTUAL EXAM 2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS BRAND NEW VERSION 1. Health information systems - ANSWER manage health information for specific areas of healthcare. Health information systems are categorized as clinical information systems or administrative information systems. 2. HITECH act - ANSWER Directs eligible healthcare providers and healthcare organizations to adopt electronic health records to improve the exchange of information and to improve privacy and security protections for healthcare data. 3. HIE forms - Direct - ANSWER send/recieve secure info electronically between providers ex: immunization data, quality measures sent to Medicaide/Medicare 4. HIE forms - Query - ANSWER find & request info, often used for unplanned care (ER, pregnancy) 5. HIE forms - Consumer mediated - ANSWER pts to aggregate and control the use of health info among providers (correcting info, tracking their health, providing providers w/ info) 6. Informatics competencies - ANSWER Ability to perform the tasks associated with informatics. 7. Information epidemiology - ANSWER science of distribution of information in an electronic format w/ te ultimate aim to inform public health and public policy 8. Interoperability - ANSWER Ability of 2 entities, human/machine to exchange & predictably use data/info while retaining original meaning of dataEx: Dr-Dr, Hosp-Hosp(C-CDA), escript-pharm 9. Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) - ANSWER Standard for identifying laboratory and clinical observation for exchange (LAB) 10. Logical security - ANSWER uses technology such as password controls to limit access to only authorized individuals to the organization's systems and information. 11. Meaningful use - ANSWER Part of the requirements of the HITECH Act, which is meant to increase the use of an EHR through monetary incentives provided the EHR is used in a meaningful way to improve patient care. 12. MU stage 1 - ANSWER Data capture and sharing(between hosp/providers) 13. MU stage 2 - ANSWER Advance clinical processes (standardized language/terminology, Requires patients to view, download, or transmit their health info online. Capability for secure messaging between providers/pts) 14. MU stage 3 - ANSWER Improved outcomes focused of the enhanced use of EHR's to promote HIE & improve care. Ex: electronic Rx(Clinical Quality Measures) 15. Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) - ANSWER A listing of research-based nursing intervention labels that provides standardization of expected nursing interventions. 16. Personal health record (PHR) - ANSWER An electronic or paper health record maintained and updated by an individual for himself or herself; a tool that individuals can use to collect, track, and share past and current information about their health or the health of someone in their care 17. Predictive analysis - ANSWER provide a risk estimate of the patient for morbidity or mortality and acuity, providing a higher level of decision support for the nurse. 18. Regression testing - ANSWER is done to be sure that the change has not introduced a new error into the code that was previously correct. 19. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) - ANSWER wireless technology that creates detectable electromagnetic waves 20. Scope creep - ANSWER The uncontrolled expansion to products without adjustments to time, cost, and resources. 21. SWOT analysis - ANSWER a process that examines the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of a given situation. 22. Telenursing - ANSWER use of telecommunications and information technology to provide nursing practice at a distance 23. Telehealth - ANSWER the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical healthcare, health-related education, public health, and health administration 24. Telemedicine - ANSWER Involves the use of video, audio, and computer systems to provide medical and/or health care services. 25. Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) - ANSWER Develop US workforce capable of using EHR to improve delivery of care 26. The 21st Century CURES act - ANSWER Designed to help accelerate medical product development and bring new innovations and advances to patients who need them faster and more efficiently. It also requires patient electronic health information be made available to patients without delay (with few exceptions), at no cost. 27. The 21st Century CURES act aims to eliminate - ANSWER information blocking. Information blocking is defined as a practice by a health IT stakeholder that, except as required by law or specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a reasonable and necessary activity, is likely to interfere with access, exchange, or use of electronic health information from provider to provider or provider to patient. 28. Which information in an electronic medical record (EMP) helps a nurse plan & manage a patient's post-operative care after open-heart surgery - ANSWER Provider orders 29. Which information in a patient's electronic medical record (EMA), in addition to the nursing flowsheets & provider orders, helps a nurse plan & manage fluctuations in blood glucose levels - ANSWER MAR 30. A nurse is planning the care for a patient admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 Which list of information in the electronic medical record (EMR) will help the nurse plan the care for this patient - ANSWER The patient's laboratory results over the last 72 hours 31. Which info in Electronic Medical Record will help nurse manage post op care for appendectomy - ANSWER Doctor's orders 32. Patient discharge, information planning - ANSWER History & physical notes about the reason the patient is admitted 33. Pts come in complaining of the same S/S - ANSWER patient demographics 34. COPD patient planning care - ANSWER complete health history 35. High patient volume - ANSWER Nursing flow sheets 36. Critical step in HCI - ANSWER Usability 37. Act that recognizes patients need more power in their healthcare, & access to information is key to making that happen - ANSWER 21st Century Cures Act 38. Tapping badge - ANSWER Improves documentation time 39. Data entry fields - ANSWER Cascading 40. Patient engagement benefits - ANSWER Costs decrease, lower readmission rate, improved patient recovery times, increase patient empowerment 41. Which patient are most able to engage in their care - ANSWER Whose pain is under control or good night rest 42. Nurse is giving patient education over new medication - ANSWER Ask patient to repeat info, teach backs 43. Hospital employee falls. Their manager calls & wants an update - ANSWER Nurse should not provide info 44. Data mining - ANSWER use software to discover rltnships in large data sets (use AI/computers) 45. Analytics - ANSWER use data and models to drive practice 46. Predictive modeling - ANSWER use past and current data to predict likelihood 47. Real time analytics (RTA) - ANSWER examine data in real time 48. Knowledge management - ANSWER apply knowledge gained to future situations to improve outcomes 49. Data is taken from - ANSWER -health surveys -med records -claims data -ntl registries -surveillance rpts -vital statistics 50. Vital records - ANSWER birth, death, divorce, fetal deaths, and marriage records + details 51. Types of survey - ANSWER population survey provider survey 52. medical records - ANSWER track events and transactions btwn providers and pts, accurate and detailed 53. claims data - ANSWER collect info from millions of doctors appts, bills, insurance, etc 54. public health surveillance - ANSWER constant systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, usually infx disease ex CDC, WHO 55. Information literacy - ANSWER ability to locate and understand info in a relevant manner 56. Organizations use data to - ANSWER -facilitate decision making -improve care -meet payment models 57. Patient health record access - ANSWER Start by creating an account via patient portal email 58. Telehealth privacy risks - ANSWER Speakerphone use in apps poses privacy risks 59. HIPAA violation reasons - ANSWER Lost devices, social media posts, unauthorized photos 60. Data storage safety consideration - ANSWER Joint Commission's needs besides provider & client 61. Restraint committee data element - ANSWER Least useful: Patient allergy history 62. Serious adverse events analysis - ANSWER Structured method: Root cause analysis (RCA) 63. Instantly searchable EHR data form - ANSWER Text data enables retrieval, combination, & reporting 64. BCMA purposes - ANSWER Alerts interactions, reduces errors, supports medication rights 65. BCMA adoption reason - ANSWER To prevent medication administration errors 66. Decision support in EHR - ANSWER Aids timely clinical decision making 67. MIPS performance category - ANSWER Quality of care replaces meaningful use for physicians 68. Meaningful use & MIPS goals - ANSWER Both aim at improving quality of care 69. Meaningful use oversight - ANSWER By the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 70. Meaningful use objectives - ANSWER Direct data entry & submission to health exchanges 71. Data breach protection - ANSWER Implement two-factor authentication on devices 72. ePHI protection on mobile devices - ANSWER Prevent data loss by turning off file sharing 73. Systems development life cycle start - ANSWER Conception to implementation: SDLC process