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Exam Solution +t
D220 Informatics OA 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPL +t +t +t +t +t +t +t
ETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (FCD8F)
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QUESTION 1 +t
Admission-Transfer-Discharge System (ADT) +t +t
ANSWER
Classified under the hospitals' administrative info system. It's one of the foundational systems that allo
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ws operational activities such as bed placement, transportation coordination, room readiness, and the g
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eneral coordination of services focused on the patient's phase of movement. Tracks a patient's activities
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and location from admission to discharge
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QUESTION 2 +t
American Recover and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) +t +t +t +t +t
ANSWER
Authorized INCENTIVE PAYMENTS to specific types of hospitals and healthcare professionals for adopti
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ng and using interoperable Health Information Technology and EHR's. ARRA provides economic stimuli
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and incentives for the adoption of EHRs.
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QUESTION 3 +t
Analytical Science +t
ANSWER
Uses a variety of methods and instruments to answer 2 basic questions: What do I have? How much of i
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t do I have? Environment, pharmacy, safety & security, fraud detection, and healthcare diagnostics.
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QUESTION 4 +t
Asynchronous Applications +t
ANSWER
, Patient-
centered and allows consumers to participate in their own care by using designated health technology t
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o share health metrics and data with their healthcare provider via technology (remote patient-
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the use of devices to capture patient data at one location and then transmit it electronically to healthca
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re professionals at a different location, allowing the review of data for clinical decision-making, i.
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e. MobileHealth).
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QUESTION 5 +t
Audit Trails +t
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Software that is used for detecting security violations, performance problems, and flaws. Records activit
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y by users and system. Goal is to improve data integrity. Audit trails are only one of the ways to ensure
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data integrity. An audit trail must contain the name of the user, the application triggering the audit, the
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workstation, the specific document, a description of the event being audited, and the date and time to d
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QUESTION 6 +t
Benchmark
ANSWER
The continual process of measuring services and practices against the toughest competitors in the healt
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hcare industry. Comparing the performance of an organization or clinician to others.
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QUESTION 7 +t
Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) +t +t +t +t
ANSWER
Supports healthcare practitioners in making patient-
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care decisions by integrating patient data with current clinical knowledge. CDSS is technology that provi
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des recommendations for care and must be balanced with professional judgement, not used in place of i
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QUESTION 8 +t
Clinical Information System +t +t
ANSWER
Software used to access client data, plan, implement, and evaluate care. May be specific to certain depar
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tments (lab, radiology, pharmacy) or particular patient populations. Provides patient centric decision-
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making functionality to help guide a nurse with decision-
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Exam Solution +t
D220 Informatics OA 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPL +t +t +t +t +t +t +t
ETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (FCD8F)
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QUESTION 1 +t
Admission-Transfer-Discharge System (ADT) +t +t
ANSWER
Classified under the hospitals' administrative info system. It's one of the foundational systems that allo
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ws operational activities such as bed placement, transportation coordination, room readiness, and the g
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eneral coordination of services focused on the patient's phase of movement. Tracks a patient's activities
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and location from admission to discharge
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QUESTION 2 +t
American Recover and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) +t +t +t +t +t
ANSWER
Authorized INCENTIVE PAYMENTS to specific types of hospitals and healthcare professionals for adopti
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ng and using interoperable Health Information Technology and EHR's. ARRA provides economic stimuli
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and incentives for the adoption of EHRs.
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QUESTION 3 +t
Analytical Science +t
ANSWER
Uses a variety of methods and instruments to answer 2 basic questions: What do I have? How much of i
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t do I have? Environment, pharmacy, safety & security, fraud detection, and healthcare diagnostics.
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QUESTION 4 +t
Asynchronous Applications +t
ANSWER
, Patient-
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o share health metrics and data with their healthcare provider via technology (remote patient-
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monitoring - +t
the use of devices to capture patient data at one location and then transmit it electronically to healthca
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re professionals at a different location, allowing the review of data for clinical decision-making, i.
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e. MobileHealth).
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QUESTION 5 +t
Audit Trails +t
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Software that is used for detecting security violations, performance problems, and flaws. Records activit
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y by users and system. Goal is to improve data integrity. Audit trails are only one of the ways to ensure
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data integrity. An audit trail must contain the name of the user, the application triggering the audit, the
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workstation, the specific document, a description of the event being audited, and the date and time to d
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etermine the integrity of data. +t +t +t +t
QUESTION 6 +t
Benchmark
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The continual process of measuring services and practices against the toughest competitors in the healt
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hcare industry. Comparing the performance of an organization or clinician to others.
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QUESTION 7 +t
Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) +t +t +t +t
ANSWER
Supports healthcare practitioners in making patient-
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care decisions by integrating patient data with current clinical knowledge. CDSS is technology that provi
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des recommendations for care and must be balanced with professional judgement, not used in place of i
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QUESTION 8 +t
Clinical Information System +t +t
ANSWER
Software used to access client data, plan, implement, and evaluate care. May be specific to certain depar
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tments (lab, radiology, pharmacy) or particular patient populations. Provides patient centric decision-
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making functionality to help guide a nurse with decision-
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