WGU C810 Foundations in Healthcare Data
Management Questions And Verified Answers
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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
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
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
A health information management (HIM) director is writing a data dictionary for a new
disease registry.For which area is this HIM director being a data steward? ANSWER -
Data definition
A report is needed from a disease registry, but patients' names must be de-identified.Which
category of key principles and practices applies to this scenario? ANSWER -
Responsibility of health data steward
A patient is being seen by a physician. The patient describes the reason for the visit and the
history of present illness in detail. The physician records notes electronically at the point of
care. Which technology supports point-of-service documentation for this visit? ANSWER
- Electronic health record (EHR)
What is the best definition of a care path? ANSWER - Protocol for the process of care
Management Questions And Verified Answers
|Verified & Already Graded A+
Most Studied | Updated
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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
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
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
A health information management (HIM) director is writing a data dictionary for a new
disease registry.For which area is this HIM director being a data steward? ANSWER -
Data definition
A report is needed from a disease registry, but patients' names must be de-identified.Which
category of key principles and practices applies to this scenario? ANSWER -
Responsibility of health data steward
A patient is being seen by a physician. The patient describes the reason for the visit and the
history of present illness in detail. The physician records notes electronically at the point of
care. Which technology supports point-of-service documentation for this visit? ANSWER
- Electronic health record (EHR)
What is the best definition of a care path? ANSWER - Protocol for the process of care
