WGU D033 EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND
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Information System - ANS an automated system that uses computer hardware and software
to record, manipulate, store, recover, and disseminate data (that is, a system that receives and
processes input and provides output)
Financial applications - ANS software applications that handle patient accounts, budgets, and
other financial activities
Mainframe computers - ANS large computers that are used by the government and other
organizations that require speed and the ability to process large amounts of data.
Dumb Terminals - ANS all of the processing is performed at the server or mainframe
Cloud Computing - ANS a system that operates on a computer that is owned and maintained
by a vendor.
Intranet - ANS a private information network that uses Internet technologies; however, its
servers are located inside a firewall or security barrier so that the general public cannot gain
access to information housed within the network
Health Information Exchange - ANS the exchange of health information electronically
between providers and others with the same level of interoperability.
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, Evidence-based medicine - ANS healthcare services based on clinical methods that have
been thoroughly tested through controlled, peer-reviewed biomedical studies
Clinical pathways - ANS a tool designed to coordinate multidisciplinary care planning for
specific diagnoses and treatments
clinical practice guidelines - ANS provide a detailed, step-by-step guide used by healthcare
practitioners to make knowledge-based decisions related to patient care and issued by an
authoritative organization such as a medical society.
Health Informatics - ANS scientific discipline that is concerned with the cognitive,
information-processing, and communication tasks of healthcare practice, education, and
research, including the information science and technology to support these tasks
Data Analytics - ANS the science of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing
conclusions about that information
Data mining - ANS process of extracting and analyzing large volumes of data from a database
for the purpose of identifying hidden and sometimes subtle relationships or patterns and using
those relationships to predict behaviors.
dashboards - ANS reports of process measures to help leaders follow progress to assist with
strategic planning
descriptive statistics - ANS set of statistical techniques used to describe data, such as means,
frequency distributions, and standard deviations; describes the characteristics of a specific
group or a population
inferential statistics - ANS set of statistical techniques that allows researchers to make
generalizations about a population's characteristics on the basis of a sample's characteristics,
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, predictive modeling - ANS process used to identify patterns that can be used to predict the
odds of a particular outcome based on the observed data. Uses historical data in order to
predict what is likely to happen in the future.
certified health data analyst (CHDA) - ANS advanced certification covers data management,
data analytics, and data reporting
Clinical Information Systems - ANS collects and stores medical, nursing, clinical ancillary
areas (such as radiology and laboratory), and therapy department information related to
patient care
document management system - ANS electronic method of capturing and managing
documents.
target sheets - ANS pages that contain only a barcode that tells the scanner and, ultimately,
the computer the content of the pages that follow
file server - ANS large PC or other computer that is extremely powerful and has a large
amount of memory and magnetic hard drive
abstracting and quality control workstation - ANS workstation is used for indexing and
quality control
backscanning - ANS process of scanning past health records into the DMS so there is an
existing database of patient information
symbiology - ANS format; for barcodes it is Code 39, also known as Code 3 of 9
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ANSWERS
Information System - ANS an automated system that uses computer hardware and software
to record, manipulate, store, recover, and disseminate data (that is, a system that receives and
processes input and provides output)
Financial applications - ANS software applications that handle patient accounts, budgets, and
other financial activities
Mainframe computers - ANS large computers that are used by the government and other
organizations that require speed and the ability to process large amounts of data.
Dumb Terminals - ANS all of the processing is performed at the server or mainframe
Cloud Computing - ANS a system that operates on a computer that is owned and maintained
by a vendor.
Intranet - ANS a private information network that uses Internet technologies; however, its
servers are located inside a firewall or security barrier so that the general public cannot gain
access to information housed within the network
Health Information Exchange - ANS the exchange of health information electronically
between providers and others with the same level of interoperability.
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, Evidence-based medicine - ANS healthcare services based on clinical methods that have
been thoroughly tested through controlled, peer-reviewed biomedical studies
Clinical pathways - ANS a tool designed to coordinate multidisciplinary care planning for
specific diagnoses and treatments
clinical practice guidelines - ANS provide a detailed, step-by-step guide used by healthcare
practitioners to make knowledge-based decisions related to patient care and issued by an
authoritative organization such as a medical society.
Health Informatics - ANS scientific discipline that is concerned with the cognitive,
information-processing, and communication tasks of healthcare practice, education, and
research, including the information science and technology to support these tasks
Data Analytics - ANS the science of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing
conclusions about that information
Data mining - ANS process of extracting and analyzing large volumes of data from a database
for the purpose of identifying hidden and sometimes subtle relationships or patterns and using
those relationships to predict behaviors.
dashboards - ANS reports of process measures to help leaders follow progress to assist with
strategic planning
descriptive statistics - ANS set of statistical techniques used to describe data, such as means,
frequency distributions, and standard deviations; describes the characteristics of a specific
group or a population
inferential statistics - ANS set of statistical techniques that allows researchers to make
generalizations about a population's characteristics on the basis of a sample's characteristics,
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, predictive modeling - ANS process used to identify patterns that can be used to predict the
odds of a particular outcome based on the observed data. Uses historical data in order to
predict what is likely to happen in the future.
certified health data analyst (CHDA) - ANS advanced certification covers data management,
data analytics, and data reporting
Clinical Information Systems - ANS collects and stores medical, nursing, clinical ancillary
areas (such as radiology and laboratory), and therapy department information related to
patient care
document management system - ANS electronic method of capturing and managing
documents.
target sheets - ANS pages that contain only a barcode that tells the scanner and, ultimately,
the computer the content of the pages that follow
file server - ANS large PC or other computer that is extremely powerful and has a large
amount of memory and magnetic hard drive
abstracting and quality control workstation - ANS workstation is used for indexing and
quality control
backscanning - ANS process of scanning past health records into the DMS so there is an
existing database of patient information
symbiology - ANS format; for barcodes it is Code 39, also known as Code 3 of 9
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