WGU C208 COMPREHENSIVE
MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES REVIEW
SHEET FULL SOLUTIONS
●● 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.
●● Which data type is a cardiac catheterization examination note an
example of?
Answer: Unstructured data
●● 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
●● 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
,●● 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
●● 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
●● What does a stakeholder analysis of a data governance system
identify?
Answer: Needs of those interested in the data
●● Which organization requires reporting of medical malpractice
payments, federal licensure and certification actions, and adverse
clinical privileges actions?
Answer: National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
,●● 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
●● Which assessment do the Conditions of Participation require all
home health agencies to electronically report?
Answer: OASIS
●● To which organization must a sentinel event be reported?
Answer: The Joint Commission
●● 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
●● 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
, ●● Which quality characteristic describes data that is unaffected when
used across all applications and systems?
Answer: Consistency
●● 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
●● 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
●● 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
●● 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
MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES REVIEW
SHEET FULL SOLUTIONS
●● 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.
●● Which data type is a cardiac catheterization examination note an
example of?
Answer: Unstructured data
●● 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
●● 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
,●● 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
●● 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
●● What does a stakeholder analysis of a data governance system
identify?
Answer: Needs of those interested in the data
●● Which organization requires reporting of medical malpractice
payments, federal licensure and certification actions, and adverse
clinical privileges actions?
Answer: National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
,●● 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
●● Which assessment do the Conditions of Participation require all
home health agencies to electronically report?
Answer: OASIS
●● To which organization must a sentinel event be reported?
Answer: The Joint Commission
●● 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
●● 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
, ●● Which quality characteristic describes data that is unaffected when
used across all applications and systems?
Answer: Consistency
●● 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
●● 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
●● 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
●● 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
