WGU INFORMATION MANAGEMENT C468
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
UPDATED STUDY GUIDE
◉ The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
is best known for which of the following? Answer: ...created legal
protection for PHI.
◉ Standardized healthcare terminology is important to nursing for
which of the following reasons? Answer: Standardized terminology
provides the ability to share accurate, up-to-date information among
different providers and settings while ensuring uniform meaning and
supporting the development of nursing knowledge.
◉ Which of the following statements about virtual reality are true?
Answer: It is a widely used form of multimedia that fully envelops
learners in an environment providing the next best option to
performing the skill on a real person but without any risks to the
learner or the client.
◉ How does computer literacy differ from information literacy?
Answer: COMPUTER LITERACY REFERS TO A FAMILIARITY
WITH THE USE OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS
,WHILE INFORMATION LITERACY IS THE ABILITY TO
RECOGNIZE WHEN INFORMATION IS NEEDED AS WELL AS
THE SKILLS TO FIND,EVALUATE , AND USE NEEDED
INFORMATION EFFECTIVELY
◉ The delivery of content and stimulation of learning primarily
through the use of telecommunication technologies and often used for
corporate training is... Answer: E-learning
◉ ... uses nursing knowledge, along with information and
communication technology to promote the health of individuals,
families and entire populations. Answer: Nursing informatics
◉ The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
Answer: provided funds for health information technology (HIT)
◉ What is the role of nursing in the adoption and use of standard
terminologies? Answer: Nursing needs to adopt standard
terminologies as a means to collect data that has a uniform meaning
across settings as a way to increase the body of nursing knowledge.
◉ The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and Health
Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act were
important to U.S. HIT policy for which of the following reasons?
Answer: The Department of Health and Human Services was
authorized to establish programs to improve healthcare quality, safety,
and efficiency through HIT inclusive of the call for health information
exchange (HIE).
,◉ A computer program that tells two different systems how to
exchange data is called... Answer: interface
◉ Which of the following statements best describes meaningful use?
Answer: This is the initiative geared to spur the adoption and use of
electronic health records for the purpose of gathering and reporting
data that can then be used to improve population health.
◉ In addition to ease of use and potential for unintended error,
usability also considers which of the following? Answer: efficiency,
user satisfaction, and training issues
◉ Predictors of Personal Health Records (PHRs) use include which of
the following? Answer: Awareness of PHRs, ease of access, personal
motivation, higher levels of education and health literacy
◉ A standard for exchange of clinical data between information
systems by means of an extensive set of rules that apply to all data
sent is the... Answer: Health Level 7 (HL7)
◉ The __________ is a nurse who has received educational
preparation to conduct informatics research and generate informatics
theory and who has a broad vision of what can be attained using
information technology. Answer: Informatics Nurse
, ◉ Which of the following statements best reflects acceptance of the
International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) as a standard
for nursing terminology? Answer: Present nursing classification
systems map it to a very high degree.
◉ ...is the continual process of measuring services and practices
against the toughest competitors in the healthcare industry. Answer:
Benchmarking
◉ Which of the following best typifies the role of the Informatics
Nurse Specialist (INS) in relationship to legislation? Answer: The INS
needs to be aware of the implications of legislation for HIT design
and use and to appropriately educate users.
◉ The development of a comprehensive long-range plan for guiding
the activities and operations of an organization is... Answer: strategic
planning
◉ Which of the following most closely approximates the current
version of the personal health record (PHR)? Answer: Secure
application through which an individual may access, manage and
share health information he or she has entered or was supplied by
providers, pharmacies, and labs.
◉ ...is the process by which different information systems are able to
exchange data in a fashion that is seamless to the end user. Answer:
Integration
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
UPDATED STUDY GUIDE
◉ The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
is best known for which of the following? Answer: ...created legal
protection for PHI.
◉ Standardized healthcare terminology is important to nursing for
which of the following reasons? Answer: Standardized terminology
provides the ability to share accurate, up-to-date information among
different providers and settings while ensuring uniform meaning and
supporting the development of nursing knowledge.
◉ Which of the following statements about virtual reality are true?
Answer: It is a widely used form of multimedia that fully envelops
learners in an environment providing the next best option to
performing the skill on a real person but without any risks to the
learner or the client.
◉ How does computer literacy differ from information literacy?
Answer: COMPUTER LITERACY REFERS TO A FAMILIARITY
WITH THE USE OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS
,WHILE INFORMATION LITERACY IS THE ABILITY TO
RECOGNIZE WHEN INFORMATION IS NEEDED AS WELL AS
THE SKILLS TO FIND,EVALUATE , AND USE NEEDED
INFORMATION EFFECTIVELY
◉ The delivery of content and stimulation of learning primarily
through the use of telecommunication technologies and often used for
corporate training is... Answer: E-learning
◉ ... uses nursing knowledge, along with information and
communication technology to promote the health of individuals,
families and entire populations. Answer: Nursing informatics
◉ The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
Answer: provided funds for health information technology (HIT)
◉ What is the role of nursing in the adoption and use of standard
terminologies? Answer: Nursing needs to adopt standard
terminologies as a means to collect data that has a uniform meaning
across settings as a way to increase the body of nursing knowledge.
◉ The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and Health
Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act were
important to U.S. HIT policy for which of the following reasons?
Answer: The Department of Health and Human Services was
authorized to establish programs to improve healthcare quality, safety,
and efficiency through HIT inclusive of the call for health information
exchange (HIE).
,◉ A computer program that tells two different systems how to
exchange data is called... Answer: interface
◉ Which of the following statements best describes meaningful use?
Answer: This is the initiative geared to spur the adoption and use of
electronic health records for the purpose of gathering and reporting
data that can then be used to improve population health.
◉ In addition to ease of use and potential for unintended error,
usability also considers which of the following? Answer: efficiency,
user satisfaction, and training issues
◉ Predictors of Personal Health Records (PHRs) use include which of
the following? Answer: Awareness of PHRs, ease of access, personal
motivation, higher levels of education and health literacy
◉ A standard for exchange of clinical data between information
systems by means of an extensive set of rules that apply to all data
sent is the... Answer: Health Level 7 (HL7)
◉ The __________ is a nurse who has received educational
preparation to conduct informatics research and generate informatics
theory and who has a broad vision of what can be attained using
information technology. Answer: Informatics Nurse
, ◉ Which of the following statements best reflects acceptance of the
International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) as a standard
for nursing terminology? Answer: Present nursing classification
systems map it to a very high degree.
◉ ...is the continual process of measuring services and practices
against the toughest competitors in the healthcare industry. Answer:
Benchmarking
◉ Which of the following best typifies the role of the Informatics
Nurse Specialist (INS) in relationship to legislation? Answer: The INS
needs to be aware of the implications of legislation for HIT design
and use and to appropriately educate users.
◉ The development of a comprehensive long-range plan for guiding
the activities and operations of an organization is... Answer: strategic
planning
◉ Which of the following most closely approximates the current
version of the personal health record (PHR)? Answer: Secure
application through which an individual may access, manage and
share health information he or she has entered or was supplied by
providers, pharmacies, and labs.
◉ ...is the process by which different information systems are able to
exchange data in a fashion that is seamless to the end user. Answer:
Integration
