WGU C810 FOUNDATIONS IN HEALTHCARE DATA MANAGEMENT
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM |COMPLETE QUESTIONS
WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS | 2026 LATEST UPDATED | GET A+
Which form of review is conducted after a patient is discharged from an acute care facility in
order to obtain information about trends and patterns of documentation? - (answer)Closed-record
review
Which guideline should an health information management (HIM) professional follow for
documentation of both paper and electronic records? - (answer)Original documents should be
maintained in the health record.
Which data type is a cardiac catheterization examination note an example of? -
(answer)Unstructured data
A paragraph in a physician's order specifies information about a patient's discharge. Which type
of data is described in this scenario? - (answer)Unstructured
A health information manager is responsible for properly destroying records after the retention
period has passed. Which principle for information governance is described in this scenario? -
(answer)Disposition
A chief information officer at a hospital is working to improve data security methodologies
within the hospital's electronic health record (EHR). The chief information officer enlists the
help of the hospital's health information management (HIM) director to help design and enforce
the new data security policies, which include the utilization of a new token system to access the
EHR.Which information governance principle is described in this scenario? - (answer)Protection
In a healthcare facility that still uses paper records, a physician is requesting a record to complete
a discharge summary that is now 28 days past due. The record tracker states that the record has
been sent to storage.Which record-keeping principle applies to this scenario? -
(answer)Availability
,What does a stakeholder analysis of a data governance system identify? - (answer)Needs of those
interested in the data
Which organization requires reporting of medical malpractice payments, federal licensure and
certification actions, and adverse clinical privileges actions? - (answer)National Practitioner Data
Bank (NPDB)
What is the name of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) external audit
program that works to reduce Medicare improper payments? - (answer)RACs
Which assessment do the Conditions of Participation require all home health agencies to
electronically report? - (answer)OASIS
To which organization must a sentinel event be reported? - (answer)The Joint Commission
Which model describes the information that flows to more than one regional clinical data
repository (CDR) and requested records sent from one regional authority? - (answer)Federated
A local skilled nursing facility (SNF), hospital, and public health agency all participate in a
health information exchange (HIE). The data is pushed from their facilities into one repository
where they all have access to retrieve data when needed.Which model is described in this
scenario? - (answer)Centralized
Which quality characteristic describes data that is unaffected when used across all applications
and systems? - (answer)Consistency
During a storm, the operation of information systems and data preservation are threatened,
triggering a disaster protocol.Which disaster recovery planning process step should be taken in
this situation? - (answer)Execute the continuity plan
, An acute care facility is concerned with identity theft and wants to update policies to detect
identity theft in day-to-day operations, take steps to prevent the crime, and mitigate its damage.
Which prevention program element should the facility update? - (answer)Red Flags Rule
Which method of disposal would cause compliance issues for records that have met their
required retention? - (answer)Records that are trashed once reaching their retention
A hospital's chief executive officer (CEO) notices a spike in complaints about a certain unit and
wants to know the average number of patients admitted to that unit in order to monitor staff need.
Where should the CEO look for this data? - (answer)Daily census report
When an entry is made to a disease registry, an automatic format check ensures the data field for
"Present on Admission" (POA) is completed.Which principle of data stewardship is this an
example of? - (answer)Establishing controls
A health information management (HIM) director is writing a data dictionary for a new disease
registry.For which area is this HIM director being a data steward? - (answer)Data definition
A report is needed from a disease registry, but patients' names must be de-identified.Which
category of key principles and practices applies to this scenario? - (answer)Responsibility of
health data steward
A patient is being seen by a physician. The patient describes the reason for the visit and the
history of present illness in detail. The physician records notes electronically at the point of care.
Which technology supports point-of-service documentation for this visit? - (answer)Electronic
health record (EHR)
What is the best definition of a care path? - (answer)Protocol for the process of care
What are the standards related to archiving images? - (answer)Digital Imaging and
Communications in Medicine (DICOM)
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM |COMPLETE QUESTIONS
WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS | 2026 LATEST UPDATED | GET A+
Which form of review is conducted after a patient is discharged from an acute care facility in
order to obtain information about trends and patterns of documentation? - (answer)Closed-record
review
Which guideline should an health information management (HIM) professional follow for
documentation of both paper and electronic records? - (answer)Original documents should be
maintained in the health record.
Which data type is a cardiac catheterization examination note an example of? -
(answer)Unstructured data
A paragraph in a physician's order specifies information about a patient's discharge. Which type
of data is described in this scenario? - (answer)Unstructured
A health information manager is responsible for properly destroying records after the retention
period has passed. Which principle for information governance is described in this scenario? -
(answer)Disposition
A chief information officer at a hospital is working to improve data security methodologies
within the hospital's electronic health record (EHR). The chief information officer enlists the
help of the hospital's health information management (HIM) director to help design and enforce
the new data security policies, which include the utilization of a new token system to access the
EHR.Which information governance principle is described in this scenario? - (answer)Protection
In a healthcare facility that still uses paper records, a physician is requesting a record to complete
a discharge summary that is now 28 days past due. The record tracker states that the record has
been sent to storage.Which record-keeping principle applies to this scenario? -
(answer)Availability
,What does a stakeholder analysis of a data governance system identify? - (answer)Needs of those
interested in the data
Which organization requires reporting of medical malpractice payments, federal licensure and
certification actions, and adverse clinical privileges actions? - (answer)National Practitioner Data
Bank (NPDB)
What is the name of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) external audit
program that works to reduce Medicare improper payments? - (answer)RACs
Which assessment do the Conditions of Participation require all home health agencies to
electronically report? - (answer)OASIS
To which organization must a sentinel event be reported? - (answer)The Joint Commission
Which model describes the information that flows to more than one regional clinical data
repository (CDR) and requested records sent from one regional authority? - (answer)Federated
A local skilled nursing facility (SNF), hospital, and public health agency all participate in a
health information exchange (HIE). The data is pushed from their facilities into one repository
where they all have access to retrieve data when needed.Which model is described in this
scenario? - (answer)Centralized
Which quality characteristic describes data that is unaffected when used across all applications
and systems? - (answer)Consistency
During a storm, the operation of information systems and data preservation are threatened,
triggering a disaster protocol.Which disaster recovery planning process step should be taken in
this situation? - (answer)Execute the continuity plan
, An acute care facility is concerned with identity theft and wants to update policies to detect
identity theft in day-to-day operations, take steps to prevent the crime, and mitigate its damage.
Which prevention program element should the facility update? - (answer)Red Flags Rule
Which method of disposal would cause compliance issues for records that have met their
required retention? - (answer)Records that are trashed once reaching their retention
A hospital's chief executive officer (CEO) notices a spike in complaints about a certain unit and
wants to know the average number of patients admitted to that unit in order to monitor staff need.
Where should the CEO look for this data? - (answer)Daily census report
When an entry is made to a disease registry, an automatic format check ensures the data field for
"Present on Admission" (POA) is completed.Which principle of data stewardship is this an
example of? - (answer)Establishing controls
A health information management (HIM) director is writing a data dictionary for a new disease
registry.For which area is this HIM director being a data steward? - (answer)Data definition
A report is needed from a disease registry, but patients' names must be de-identified.Which
category of key principles and practices applies to this scenario? - (answer)Responsibility of
health data steward
A patient is being seen by a physician. The patient describes the reason for the visit and the
history of present illness in detail. The physician records notes electronically at the point of care.
Which technology supports point-of-service documentation for this visit? - (answer)Electronic
health record (EHR)
What is the best definition of a care path? - (answer)Protocol for the process of care
What are the standards related to archiving images? - (answer)Digital Imaging and
Communications in Medicine (DICOM)
