WGU 468 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT MANUALS 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔During what phase of the information system life cycle should be the "musts" and
"wants" be determined? - ✔✔Needs assessment
✔✔what is the needs assessment phase of information system lifestyle? - ✔✔gap
analysis, determine needs and wants in an information system
✔✔what is system selection phase of information system lifestyle? - ✔✔organization
seeks out vendor company that provides a system that best fits the needs. has 3
documents it uses.
✔✔what are the 3 documents of system election phase? - ✔✔request for information
document, request for proposal document, request for quote document
✔✔what is the system implementation phase of the information system lifestyle? -
✔✔Go live planning. Training of staff. Analyst builds screens and templates for
organization and its policies. Go live.
✔✔what is the maintenance phase of the information system lifestyle? - ✔✔problem
solving and debugging. Files backed up routinely and install system upgrades.
✔✔what is project scope? - ✔✔term defines the size and details of collaborative effort
✔✔what is the nurses active participation in electronic patient information important? -
✔✔to ensure information is current and accessible to healthcare team
✔✔what is not responsibility of the project implementation team? - ✔✔Present system
design to management
✔✔what is not a phase of information system lifestyle? - ✔✔system evaluation
✔✔what is a comment request contained in a request for information document
include? - ✔✔company history
✔✔which of the following does not play a role in system implementation? Investigating
current deficits & needs of organization, go live planning, applying system changes as
needed, or end use training - ✔✔Investigating current deficits and needs of the
organization
✔✔which term is best applied when describing the life cycle of an information system? -
✔✔Continuous
, ✔✔which is one example is an essential component of the EHR? - ✔✔Evidenced based
decision support
✔✔which is not an essential component of EHR? - ✔✔cost of procedure
✔✔which of the following are considered benefits using the EHR? - ✔✔Reduces
medication error, improves provider documenation
✔✔What is an example of patient support? is this an benefit of EHR? - ✔✔Yes it is a
benefit. patient education material such as reducing sodium intake
✔✔True/False: One primary benefit of EHR is a decrease in wait time for diagnostic
testing? - ✔✔False - not primary benefit
✔✔What is the primary goal of EHR functionality in contrast to that of a health
information system? - ✔✔Promotes patient safety
✔✔what is a health information system? - ✔✔administrative information side and critical
information
✔✔what is an administration system? Examples? - ✔✔Registration system.
Admission/discharge/transfer/financial/billing/scheduling
✔✔what are the three types of clinical info systems? - ✔✔lab system, order entry
system, monitoring system
✔✔True/False: Is waiting until end of shift to document your patient assessment into the
EHR considered a barrier to patient-centered care? - ✔✔True
✔✔True/False: The position of the computer can be seen as a potential barrier if it
constricts the view between the patient and healthcare professional? - ✔✔True
✔✔What potential challenges can occur when implementing an EHR throughout a
medical center with various outpatient clinic? - ✔✔Standardization of data/different data
needs for each outpatient clinic
✔✔Name the type of connection needed to access EHR when an internet connection is
lost? - ✔✔LAN - local area network access
✔✔what information would a nurse NOT retrieve from the EHR? - ✔✔Spouse's medical
history
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔During what phase of the information system life cycle should be the "musts" and
"wants" be determined? - ✔✔Needs assessment
✔✔what is the needs assessment phase of information system lifestyle? - ✔✔gap
analysis, determine needs and wants in an information system
✔✔what is system selection phase of information system lifestyle? - ✔✔organization
seeks out vendor company that provides a system that best fits the needs. has 3
documents it uses.
✔✔what are the 3 documents of system election phase? - ✔✔request for information
document, request for proposal document, request for quote document
✔✔what is the system implementation phase of the information system lifestyle? -
✔✔Go live planning. Training of staff. Analyst builds screens and templates for
organization and its policies. Go live.
✔✔what is the maintenance phase of the information system lifestyle? - ✔✔problem
solving and debugging. Files backed up routinely and install system upgrades.
✔✔what is project scope? - ✔✔term defines the size and details of collaborative effort
✔✔what is the nurses active participation in electronic patient information important? -
✔✔to ensure information is current and accessible to healthcare team
✔✔what is not responsibility of the project implementation team? - ✔✔Present system
design to management
✔✔what is not a phase of information system lifestyle? - ✔✔system evaluation
✔✔what is a comment request contained in a request for information document
include? - ✔✔company history
✔✔which of the following does not play a role in system implementation? Investigating
current deficits & needs of organization, go live planning, applying system changes as
needed, or end use training - ✔✔Investigating current deficits and needs of the
organization
✔✔which term is best applied when describing the life cycle of an information system? -
✔✔Continuous
, ✔✔which is one example is an essential component of the EHR? - ✔✔Evidenced based
decision support
✔✔which is not an essential component of EHR? - ✔✔cost of procedure
✔✔which of the following are considered benefits using the EHR? - ✔✔Reduces
medication error, improves provider documenation
✔✔What is an example of patient support? is this an benefit of EHR? - ✔✔Yes it is a
benefit. patient education material such as reducing sodium intake
✔✔True/False: One primary benefit of EHR is a decrease in wait time for diagnostic
testing? - ✔✔False - not primary benefit
✔✔What is the primary goal of EHR functionality in contrast to that of a health
information system? - ✔✔Promotes patient safety
✔✔what is a health information system? - ✔✔administrative information side and critical
information
✔✔what is an administration system? Examples? - ✔✔Registration system.
Admission/discharge/transfer/financial/billing/scheduling
✔✔what are the three types of clinical info systems? - ✔✔lab system, order entry
system, monitoring system
✔✔True/False: Is waiting until end of shift to document your patient assessment into the
EHR considered a barrier to patient-centered care? - ✔✔True
✔✔True/False: The position of the computer can be seen as a potential barrier if it
constricts the view between the patient and healthcare professional? - ✔✔True
✔✔What potential challenges can occur when implementing an EHR throughout a
medical center with various outpatient clinic? - ✔✔Standardization of data/different data
needs for each outpatient clinic
✔✔Name the type of connection needed to access EHR when an internet connection is
lost? - ✔✔LAN - local area network access
✔✔what information would a nurse NOT retrieve from the EHR? - ✔✔Spouse's medical
history
