WGU D255 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES TASK 2 |
LATEST UPDATE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
WGU
12/1/2025
D255
TASK 2
A: JOINT COMMISSION STANDARDS
, The Record of Care, Treatment, and Services (RC) standard from the Joint Commission's
quality improvement and accreditation standards establishes appropriate record-keeping.
Additionally, the standards promote the improvement of quality in assessing and reviewing the
care process. While promoting and coordinating accurate on-time documentation, auditing, and
completion of the RC. Various departments within a hospital work independently and collaborate
to ensure all elements of the RC are met, such as:
• Clinical Medicine – Documentation of services provided through the History and
Physical, progress notes, surgical notes, etc.
• Radiology –Documentation reporting provided from imaging assessments, ex, CT scans,
MRIs, and X-rays.
• Nursing – Documentation providing vitals, assessments, status of patient, and
interventions.
• Rehab Medicine - Documentation providing treatment of care plans and progress notes
• Health Information Management - Providing the translation of medical services through
appropriate coding. Additionally, conducting audits while ensuring the RC is complete,
timely, and accurate, and coded for claims submission.
Collaboratively, all these departments work together to contribute their required
imperative component to the entirety of the record of care, thereby enhancing its completeness
and meeting the requirements set by Joint Commission standards.
B: TRACER METHODOLOGY
The Joint Commission's Tracers Methodology for quality improvement and accreditation
standards utilizes patient data to support the tracking of the patient experience. The patient's
record of care provides a clear picture of the patient's journey through treatment and the services
provided from start to finish. Allotting for the measurement and evaluation of a health
LATEST UPDATE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
WGU
12/1/2025
D255
TASK 2
A: JOINT COMMISSION STANDARDS
, The Record of Care, Treatment, and Services (RC) standard from the Joint Commission's
quality improvement and accreditation standards establishes appropriate record-keeping.
Additionally, the standards promote the improvement of quality in assessing and reviewing the
care process. While promoting and coordinating accurate on-time documentation, auditing, and
completion of the RC. Various departments within a hospital work independently and collaborate
to ensure all elements of the RC are met, such as:
• Clinical Medicine – Documentation of services provided through the History and
Physical, progress notes, surgical notes, etc.
• Radiology –Documentation reporting provided from imaging assessments, ex, CT scans,
MRIs, and X-rays.
• Nursing – Documentation providing vitals, assessments, status of patient, and
interventions.
• Rehab Medicine - Documentation providing treatment of care plans and progress notes
• Health Information Management - Providing the translation of medical services through
appropriate coding. Additionally, conducting audits while ensuring the RC is complete,
timely, and accurate, and coded for claims submission.
Collaboratively, all these departments work together to contribute their required
imperative component to the entirety of the record of care, thereby enhancing its completeness
and meeting the requirements set by Joint Commission standards.
B: TRACER METHODOLOGY
The Joint Commission's Tracers Methodology for quality improvement and accreditation
standards utilizes patient data to support the tracking of the patient experience. The patient's
record of care provides a clear picture of the patient's journey through treatment and the services
provided from start to finish. Allotting for the measurement and evaluation of a health
