WGU C810 Foundations in Healthcare Data Management –
Western Governors University (WGU) –complete study guide and
assessment preparation material
1. Which organization requires cancer statistics to be reported from central registries to
the national organization responsible for cancer statistics? - Answer-Centers for disease
control and prevention (CDC)
2. Which organization requires reporting of medical malpractice payments, federal
licensure and certification actions, and adverse clinical privileges actions - Answer-
National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
3. Which organization administers voluntary accreditation programs and provides deemed
status to certified hospitals and other healthcare organizations? - Answer-THe Joint
Commision
4. What is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) external audit program
that works to reduce Medicare improper payments? - Answer-RACs
5. Which assessment do the conditions of participation require all home health agencies to
electronically report? - Answer-OASIS
6. To which organization must a sentinel event be reported? - Answer-The Joint
Commision
7. Which health information exchange (HIE) architecture describes information that flows
to more than one regional clinical data repository (CDR) and requested records sent
from one regional authority? - Answer-Federated
8. Which HIE model supports uniformity of data, quick responses times to queries and
consistency in data accessibility - Answer-Centralized
, 9. A local skilled nursing facility (SNF), hospital, and public health agency all participate in
an HIE. The data is pushed from their facilities in to one repository where they all have
access to retrieve data when needed.
10. Which HIE model is used in this scenario? - Answer-Centralized
11. Which characteristic addresses the level of depth represented by data in a fact or
dimension table in a data warehouse? - Answer-Granularity
12. Which quality describes data that is unaffected when used across all applications and
systems? - Answer-Consistency
13. An HIM analyst is charged with reviewing abstracted information on opioid-related
admissions from the hospital's disease index database. The analyst wants to make sure
that the correct ICD-10 codes have been abstracted and pulled from the database.
14. Which data quality characteristic does this situation involve? - Answer-Accuracy
15. An HIM director is analyzing the results of a survey that was conducted to ask physicians
and nurses about their satisfaction with the HIM department. The following table shows
the satisfaction percentage scored for each question
98%
How often do HIM staff answer your call within 3 rings?
79%
How often are you able to receive the old paper records, on your current patients, in an
acceptable timeframe?
100%
How often are the reports provided by HIM staff correct and valid?
100%
Western Governors University (WGU) –complete study guide and
assessment preparation material
1. Which organization requires cancer statistics to be reported from central registries to
the national organization responsible for cancer statistics? - Answer-Centers for disease
control and prevention (CDC)
2. Which organization requires reporting of medical malpractice payments, federal
licensure and certification actions, and adverse clinical privileges actions - Answer-
National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
3. Which organization administers voluntary accreditation programs and provides deemed
status to certified hospitals and other healthcare organizations? - Answer-THe Joint
Commision
4. What is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) external audit program
that works to reduce Medicare improper payments? - Answer-RACs
5. Which assessment do the conditions of participation require all home health agencies to
electronically report? - Answer-OASIS
6. To which organization must a sentinel event be reported? - Answer-The Joint
Commision
7. Which health information exchange (HIE) architecture describes information that flows
to more than one regional clinical data repository (CDR) and requested records sent
from one regional authority? - Answer-Federated
8. Which HIE model supports uniformity of data, quick responses times to queries and
consistency in data accessibility - Answer-Centralized
, 9. A local skilled nursing facility (SNF), hospital, and public health agency all participate in
an HIE. The data is pushed from their facilities in to one repository where they all have
access to retrieve data when needed.
10. Which HIE model is used in this scenario? - Answer-Centralized
11. Which characteristic addresses the level of depth represented by data in a fact or
dimension table in a data warehouse? - Answer-Granularity
12. Which quality describes data that is unaffected when used across all applications and
systems? - Answer-Consistency
13. An HIM analyst is charged with reviewing abstracted information on opioid-related
admissions from the hospital's disease index database. The analyst wants to make sure
that the correct ICD-10 codes have been abstracted and pulled from the database.
14. Which data quality characteristic does this situation involve? - Answer-Accuracy
15. An HIM director is analyzing the results of a survey that was conducted to ask physicians
and nurses about their satisfaction with the HIM department. The following table shows
the satisfaction percentage scored for each question
98%
How often do HIM staff answer your call within 3 rings?
79%
How often are you able to receive the old paper records, on your current patients, in an
acceptable timeframe?
100%
How often are the reports provided by HIM staff correct and valid?
100%
