WGU C810 FOUNDATIONS IN HEALTHCARE DATA
MANAGEMEN EXAM STUDY GUIDE AND PRACTICE
EXAM LATEST WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS|GRADED A+
1. 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
2. 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.
3. Which data type is a cardiac catheterization examination note an example of? - ANSWER-
Unstructured data
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. What does a stakeholder analysis of a data governance system identify? - ANSWER-Needs of
those interested in the data
9. Which organization requires reporting of medical malpractice payments, federal licensure and
certification actions, and adverse clinical privileges actions? - ANSWER-National Practitioner
Data Bank (NPDB)
10. 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
11. Which assessment do the Conditions of Participation require all home health agencies to
electronically report? - ANSWER-OASIS
12. To which organization must a sentinel event be reported? - ANSWER-The Joint Commission
13. 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
, 14. 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
15. Which quality characteristic describes data that is unaffected when used across all applications
and systems? - ANSWER-Consistency
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
MANAGEMEN EXAM STUDY GUIDE AND PRACTICE
EXAM LATEST WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS|GRADED A+
1. 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
2. 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.
3. Which data type is a cardiac catheterization examination note an example of? - ANSWER-
Unstructured data
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. What does a stakeholder analysis of a data governance system identify? - ANSWER-Needs of
those interested in the data
9. Which organization requires reporting of medical malpractice payments, federal licensure and
certification actions, and adverse clinical privileges actions? - ANSWER-National Practitioner
Data Bank (NPDB)
10. 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
11. Which assessment do the Conditions of Participation require all home health agencies to
electronically report? - ANSWER-OASIS
12. To which organization must a sentinel event be reported? - ANSWER-The Joint Commission
13. 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
, 14. 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
15. Which quality characteristic describes data that is unaffected when used across all applications
and systems? - ANSWER-Consistency
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
