WGU 468 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT EXAMS SET 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Primary goal of EHR functionality in contrast to that of a health information system: -
✔✔To promote patient safety
✔✔Health information systems is an umbrella term that incorporates the following: -
✔✔Administrative Information Systems (Registration system, financial system,
scheduling systems)
Clinical Information Systems (laboratory systems, pharmacy systems, clinical
documentation systems [EHR])
✔✔Potential challenges that can occur when implementing an EHR throughout a
medical center with various outpatient clinics: - ✔✔Standardization of data/different data
needs for each outpatient clinic
✔✔How does the EHR help patients receive quality care when going from one facility to
another? - ✔✔By providing continuity of care; it allows healthcare professionals to see
what the patient has been receiving, thereby providing the appropriate treatment
✔✔Which 2 items could the RN use to access a patient's meds from a med
administration system such as a Pyxis? - ✔✔Barcoded ID card/employee badge
Biometrics such as a fingerprint
✔✔A registration system is also commonly referred to as - ✔✔an ADT system
(admission, discharge, transfer)
✔✔Why is it important to secure staff nurses active participation when implementing a
health information system: - ✔✔Nurses' knowledge of current patient care workflow may
improve implementation decisions
✔✔Why are standardized terminologies important to nursing - ✔✔They improve
communication among interdisciplinary teams
✔✔The development of Standardized Terminologies in Nursing Informatics is driven by
the following principles: - ✔✔Accessibility
Ubiquity (can be applied and available wherever needed)
Longevity
Reusability
, ✔✔Why is it important that departments collaborate with one another when selecting a
health information system: - ✔✔Collaboration leads to knowledge sharing
✔✔Clinical information systems are effective for all of the following: - ✔✔The
information retrieved can be used to foster research
It can improve clinician workflow
Improves nursing documentation compliance
✔✔Financial systems are designed to: - ✔✔Manage the expenses and revenue of
providing healthcare
Report and track fiscal outcomes as they relate to organizational goals
Help to determine the organization's strategic decision
✔✔What challenge might an organization face when trying to implement a health
information system throughout their various specialty clinics: - ✔✔Identifying the
different data needs for each specialty practice
✔✔Clinical decision support examples: - ✔✔Pop ups within an EHR
Computer generated care plans
Clinical based guidelines
Smart infusion pumps (have built in library; locks out when wrong calculation is entered)
Clinical pathways (very common within post-op patients)
Electronic drug references
✔✔Organization's culture of safety: - ✔✔Being a commitment of resources
(organization has provided you with training, tools, technology, to properly treat patient)
Cross-collaboration (continuously collaborating with other healthcare workers; cross-
monitoring [double nurse check off, like insulin])
Blame-free environment (if errors occur, we can use these as a teaching opportunity)
✔✔Information Security - ✔✔Greatest threats for data security = unauthorized
personnel getting access to equipment; use of removable storage devices (flash drive)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Primary goal of EHR functionality in contrast to that of a health information system: -
✔✔To promote patient safety
✔✔Health information systems is an umbrella term that incorporates the following: -
✔✔Administrative Information Systems (Registration system, financial system,
scheduling systems)
Clinical Information Systems (laboratory systems, pharmacy systems, clinical
documentation systems [EHR])
✔✔Potential challenges that can occur when implementing an EHR throughout a
medical center with various outpatient clinics: - ✔✔Standardization of data/different data
needs for each outpatient clinic
✔✔How does the EHR help patients receive quality care when going from one facility to
another? - ✔✔By providing continuity of care; it allows healthcare professionals to see
what the patient has been receiving, thereby providing the appropriate treatment
✔✔Which 2 items could the RN use to access a patient's meds from a med
administration system such as a Pyxis? - ✔✔Barcoded ID card/employee badge
Biometrics such as a fingerprint
✔✔A registration system is also commonly referred to as - ✔✔an ADT system
(admission, discharge, transfer)
✔✔Why is it important to secure staff nurses active participation when implementing a
health information system: - ✔✔Nurses' knowledge of current patient care workflow may
improve implementation decisions
✔✔Why are standardized terminologies important to nursing - ✔✔They improve
communication among interdisciplinary teams
✔✔The development of Standardized Terminologies in Nursing Informatics is driven by
the following principles: - ✔✔Accessibility
Ubiquity (can be applied and available wherever needed)
Longevity
Reusability
, ✔✔Why is it important that departments collaborate with one another when selecting a
health information system: - ✔✔Collaboration leads to knowledge sharing
✔✔Clinical information systems are effective for all of the following: - ✔✔The
information retrieved can be used to foster research
It can improve clinician workflow
Improves nursing documentation compliance
✔✔Financial systems are designed to: - ✔✔Manage the expenses and revenue of
providing healthcare
Report and track fiscal outcomes as they relate to organizational goals
Help to determine the organization's strategic decision
✔✔What challenge might an organization face when trying to implement a health
information system throughout their various specialty clinics: - ✔✔Identifying the
different data needs for each specialty practice
✔✔Clinical decision support examples: - ✔✔Pop ups within an EHR
Computer generated care plans
Clinical based guidelines
Smart infusion pumps (have built in library; locks out when wrong calculation is entered)
Clinical pathways (very common within post-op patients)
Electronic drug references
✔✔Organization's culture of safety: - ✔✔Being a commitment of resources
(organization has provided you with training, tools, technology, to properly treat patient)
Cross-collaboration (continuously collaborating with other healthcare workers; cross-
monitoring [double nurse check off, like insulin])
Blame-free environment (if errors occur, we can use these as a teaching opportunity)
✔✔Information Security - ✔✔Greatest threats for data security = unauthorized
personnel getting access to equipment; use of removable storage devices (flash drive)
