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Exam Solution
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WGU D033 "Health Information Systems Management"
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2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND
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VERIFIED ANSWERS (889AA) +t +t
QUESTION 1 +t
Acceptance testing +t
ANSWER
A type of testing that occurs after the go-live date
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QUESTION 2 +t
Access controls +t
ANSWER
A computer software program designed to prevent unauthorized use of an information resource
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QUESTION 3 +t
Addressable standards +t
ANSWER
Must be evaluated by the entity to determine whether or not the standard is reasonable and appropriat
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QUESTION 4 +t
Administrative information system +t +t
ANSWER
A system that manages the business of healthcare; is the first information systems to be used in healthc
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are. The data collected in this system are mainly financial or business-
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oriented in nature, rather than clinical
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Administrative safeguards +t
ANSWER
Administrative actions, and policies and procedures, to manage the selection, development, implementa
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tion, and maintenance of security measure to protect electronic-
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protected health information and to manage the conduct of the covered entity's workforce in relation to
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the protection of that information. (45 CFR 160, 162, and 164)
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QUESTION 6 +t
Administrative simplification +t
ANSWER
Improves the efficiency and effectiveness of the business processes of healthcare by standardizing the E
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DI of administrative and financial transactions and protects the privacy and security of protected health
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information (PHI) that is transmitted from one point to another
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QUESTION 7 +t
Alpha site +t
ANSWER
The first healthcare facility to implement the information system American National Standards Institute
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(ANSI) The SDO for the United States and a representative to the ISO
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QUESTION 8 +t
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) +t +t +t +t +t
ANSWER
Enacted to stimulate the US economy during a recession that started in 2007. A significant portion of A
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RRA was dedicated to expanding the use of HIT to improve the business efficiency and effectiveness of
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HCOs while increasing patient safety and positive health outcomes. It also enacted an incentive program
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known as Meaningful Use
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QUESTION 9 +t
Anesthesia information system +t +t
ANSWER
,A system that collects information on preoperative, operative, and postoperative anesthesia-
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related clinical information. This system follows the patient through the surgical process
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QUESTION 10 +t
Annotation
ANSWER
The ability to add to the image in some way; because the image may be a legal document, the image its
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elf cannot be altered; however, an overlay to the document will show the annotation
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QUESTION 11 +t
ANSI Accredited Standards Committee X12N (ASC X12N)
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ANSWER
Responsible for developing the EDI standards used to share information needed for health insurance ad
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ministrative transactions +t
QUESTION 12 +t
Audit controls +t
ANSWER
The mechanisms that record and examine activity in information systems
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QUESTION 13 +t
Audit log +t
ANSWER
Or audit trail, an electronic footprint of the actions that occurred in a particular file in an information s
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ystem or that were performed by a specific individual
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QUESTION 14 +t
Audit trails +t
ANSWER
The record of information system activities, such as log-in, log-out, unsuccessful log-
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ins, print, query, and other actions
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Audit-reduction tools +t
ANSWER
Tools that review the audit trail and compare it to criteria specified by the CE, which eliminates routine
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entries such as the periodic backups
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QUESTION 16 +t
Authorship
ANSWER
The origination or creation of recorded information attributed to a specific individual or entity acting at
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a particular time
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QUESTION 17 +t
Automated codebook encoder +t +t
ANSWER
An encoder that lists diagnoses and procedures in alphabetic order much like the alphabetic index
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QUESTION 18 +t
Back-end speech recognition (BESR) +t +t +t
ANSWER
A speech recognition technology in which the physician dictates in the traditional manner and an editor
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listens to the audio and reviews the document created
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QUESTION 19 +t
Backscanning
ANSWER
The process of scanning past health records into the DMS so there is an existing database of patient inf
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ormation, making the DMS valuable to the user from the first day of implementation
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QUESTION 20 +t
Backward map +t
ANSWER
Exam Solution
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WGU D033 "Health Information Systems Management"
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2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND
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VERIFIED ANSWERS (889AA) +t +t
QUESTION 1 +t
Acceptance testing +t
ANSWER
A type of testing that occurs after the go-live date
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QUESTION 2 +t
Access controls +t
ANSWER
A computer software program designed to prevent unauthorized use of an information resource
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QUESTION 3 +t
Addressable standards +t
ANSWER
Must be evaluated by the entity to determine whether or not the standard is reasonable and appropriat
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QUESTION 4 +t
Administrative information system +t +t
ANSWER
A system that manages the business of healthcare; is the first information systems to be used in healthc
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are. The data collected in this system are mainly financial or business-
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oriented in nature, rather than clinical
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,QUESTION 5 +t
Administrative safeguards +t
ANSWER
Administrative actions, and policies and procedures, to manage the selection, development, implementa
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tion, and maintenance of security measure to protect electronic-
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protected health information and to manage the conduct of the covered entity's workforce in relation to
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the protection of that information. (45 CFR 160, 162, and 164)
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QUESTION 6 +t
Administrative simplification +t
ANSWER
Improves the efficiency and effectiveness of the business processes of healthcare by standardizing the E
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DI of administrative and financial transactions and protects the privacy and security of protected health
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information (PHI) that is transmitted from one point to another
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QUESTION 7 +t
Alpha site +t
ANSWER
The first healthcare facility to implement the information system American National Standards Institute
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(ANSI) The SDO for the United States and a representative to the ISO
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QUESTION 8 +t
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) +t +t +t +t +t
ANSWER
Enacted to stimulate the US economy during a recession that started in 2007. A significant portion of A
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RRA was dedicated to expanding the use of HIT to improve the business efficiency and effectiveness of
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HCOs while increasing patient safety and positive health outcomes. It also enacted an incentive program
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known as Meaningful Use
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QUESTION 9 +t
Anesthesia information system +t +t
ANSWER
,A system that collects information on preoperative, operative, and postoperative anesthesia-
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related clinical information. This system follows the patient through the surgical process
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QUESTION 10 +t
Annotation
ANSWER
The ability to add to the image in some way; because the image may be a legal document, the image its
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elf cannot be altered; however, an overlay to the document will show the annotation
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QUESTION 11 +t
ANSI Accredited Standards Committee X12N (ASC X12N)
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ANSWER
Responsible for developing the EDI standards used to share information needed for health insurance ad
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ministrative transactions +t
QUESTION 12 +t
Audit controls +t
ANSWER
The mechanisms that record and examine activity in information systems
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QUESTION 13 +t
Audit log +t
ANSWER
Or audit trail, an electronic footprint of the actions that occurred in a particular file in an information s
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ystem or that were performed by a specific individual
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QUESTION 14 +t
Audit trails +t
ANSWER
The record of information system activities, such as log-in, log-out, unsuccessful log-
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ins, print, query, and other actions
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, QUESTION 15 +t
Audit-reduction tools +t
ANSWER
Tools that review the audit trail and compare it to criteria specified by the CE, which eliminates routine
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entries such as the periodic backups
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QUESTION 16 +t
Authorship
ANSWER
The origination or creation of recorded information attributed to a specific individual or entity acting at
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a particular time
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QUESTION 17 +t
Automated codebook encoder +t +t
ANSWER
An encoder that lists diagnoses and procedures in alphabetic order much like the alphabetic index
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QUESTION 18 +t
Back-end speech recognition (BESR) +t +t +t
ANSWER
A speech recognition technology in which the physician dictates in the traditional manner and an editor
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listens to the audio and reviews the document created
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QUESTION 19 +t
Backscanning
ANSWER
The process of scanning past health records into the DMS so there is an existing database of patient inf
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ormation, making the DMS valuable to the user from the first day of implementation
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QUESTION 20 +t
Backward map +t
ANSWER