WGU C810 Foundations in Healthcare Data
Management |180 questions with verified answers
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?
Ans✓✓✓ Protection
A coder encounters a medical record where a sputum culture indicates bacterial
pneumonia, but the diagnosis does not specify the cause.
Which criteria does the documentation in the patient's record fail to meet?
Ans✓✓✓ Precision
A health information exchange method is needed that allows healthcare
providers to access health information from other providers to deliver patient
care.
Which health information exchange method best suits this purpose? Ans✓✓✓
Query-based exchange
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?
Ans✓✓✓ Data definition
,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? Ans✓✓✓ Disposition
A healthcare facility experiences an unexpected hardware failure with its EHR
system, and it is expected to be operational in three hours.
During this downtime, which plan should be initiated? Ans✓✓✓ Business
continuity plan
A healthcare facility uses a template to collect data for key reports, prompting
caregivers to document all required data elements in the patient record.
Which data characteristic does this practice contribute to? Ans✓✓✓
Comprehensiveness
A healthcare professional is examining statistics for a facility that includes the
average length of stay (ALOS) and discharge data by diagnostic-related group
(DRG).
Which type of data is being reviewed? Ans✓✓✓ Aggregate data
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?
Ans✓✓✓ Daily census report
, A large healthcare organization holds quarterly meetings of a committee
composing its compliance officer, privacy officer, information security officer,
chief information officer, and vice president of HIM. These meetings review
recent breaches, the need for new policies, and compliance with requirements for
employee training and education related to information management.
Which generally accepted recordkeeping principle (GARP) is this an example of?
Ans✓✓✓ Accountability
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? Ans✓✓✓ Centralized
A new HIM professional is looking for an HIE organization that has the most
advantages in terms of availability and integrity.
Which HIE model would be the best choice? Ans✓✓✓ Hybrid
A paragraph in a physician's order specifies information about a patient's
discharge. Which type of data is described in this scenario? Ans✓✓✓
Unstructured
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? Ans✓✓✓ Electronic health record (EHR)
A report contains evidence of a review of a patient's record, the examination of
the patient, pertinent findings, and recommendations.
Management |180 questions with verified answers
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?
Ans✓✓✓ Protection
A coder encounters a medical record where a sputum culture indicates bacterial
pneumonia, but the diagnosis does not specify the cause.
Which criteria does the documentation in the patient's record fail to meet?
Ans✓✓✓ Precision
A health information exchange method is needed that allows healthcare
providers to access health information from other providers to deliver patient
care.
Which health information exchange method best suits this purpose? Ans✓✓✓
Query-based exchange
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?
Ans✓✓✓ Data definition
,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? Ans✓✓✓ Disposition
A healthcare facility experiences an unexpected hardware failure with its EHR
system, and it is expected to be operational in three hours.
During this downtime, which plan should be initiated? Ans✓✓✓ Business
continuity plan
A healthcare facility uses a template to collect data for key reports, prompting
caregivers to document all required data elements in the patient record.
Which data characteristic does this practice contribute to? Ans✓✓✓
Comprehensiveness
A healthcare professional is examining statistics for a facility that includes the
average length of stay (ALOS) and discharge data by diagnostic-related group
(DRG).
Which type of data is being reviewed? Ans✓✓✓ Aggregate data
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?
Ans✓✓✓ Daily census report
, A large healthcare organization holds quarterly meetings of a committee
composing its compliance officer, privacy officer, information security officer,
chief information officer, and vice president of HIM. These meetings review
recent breaches, the need for new policies, and compliance with requirements for
employee training and education related to information management.
Which generally accepted recordkeeping principle (GARP) is this an example of?
Ans✓✓✓ Accountability
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? Ans✓✓✓ Centralized
A new HIM professional is looking for an HIE organization that has the most
advantages in terms of availability and integrity.
Which HIE model would be the best choice? Ans✓✓✓ Hybrid
A paragraph in a physician's order specifies information about a patient's
discharge. Which type of data is described in this scenario? Ans✓✓✓
Unstructured
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? Ans✓✓✓ Electronic health record (EHR)
A report contains evidence of a review of a patient's record, the examination of
the patient, pertinent findings, and recommendations.
