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D220 Informatics QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) WGU D220 LATEST EXAM
D220 Informatics QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) WGU D220 LATEST EXAM
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D220 Informatics QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS(VERIFIED ANSWERS) WGU D220 LATEST EXAM/
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - Correct Answer - **Authorized INCENTIVE
PAYMENTS to specific types of hospitals & healthcare professionals for adopting & using interoperable
Health Information Technology and EHR's.
The purposes of this act include the following: (1) To preserve/create jobs and promote economic
recovery. (2) To assist those most impacted by the recession. (3) To provide investments needed to
increase economic efficiency by spurring technological advances in science and health. (4) To invest in
transportation, environmental protection, and other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic
benefits. (5) To stabilize state and local government budgets, in order to minimize and avoid reductions
in essential services and counterproductive state and local tax increases.
AHQR (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) - Correct Answer - Produced evidence making
healthcare safer, improve quality, accessibility and affordability
Asynchoronous Applications - Correct Answer - No contact with patient for data collection. EX: Remote
pt monitoring, Using health technologies to share health metrics and data w/ providers. STORE &
FORWARD APPS (ex: photos)
Administrative Information System - Correct Answer - can include registration and scheduling; tracking
through admission, transfer and discharge; patient acuity and staff scheduling; financial or accounting
systems; risk management; payroll and human resources; quality assurance; and contract management
functions.
Affordable Care Act - Correct Answer - law passed in 2010 to expand access to insurance, address cost
reduction and affordability, improve the quality of healthcare, and introduce the Patient's Bill of Rights,
increasing the number of insured persons.
Alarm Fatique - Correct Answer - Becoming desensitized to patient care alarms and missing or delaying
their response to the alarm.
ANA (American Nurses Association) - Correct Answer - Professional organization for all RNs. Concerned
with licensure, collective bargaining and education
Analytics - Correct Answer - A term describing the extensive use of data, statistical and quantitative
analysis, explanatory and predictive models, and fact-based management to drive decisions and actions.
,Audit trail - Correct Answer - a report that traces who has accessed electronic information, when
information was accessed, and whether any information was changed
Authentication - Correct Answer - A method for confirming users' identities
Authorization - Correct Answer - The process of giving someone permission to do or have something
Barcode Scanning Technology - Correct Answer - Scans drug and patients wristband to verify medication
order, inventory control, + pt identification, correct med admin
Big Data - Correct Answer - a collection of large, complex data sets, including structured and
unstructured data, which cannot be analyzed without the use of information technology
Bioinformatics - Correct Answer - application of mathematics and computer science to store, retrieve,
and analyze biological data
Biometrics - Correct Answer - the identification of a user based on a physical characteristic, such as a
fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting
Business Continuity Plan - Correct Answer - A plan for how an organization will recover and restore
partially or completely interrupted critical function(s) within a predetermined time after a disaster or
extended disruption
Business Intelligence - Correct Answer - Information collected from multiple sources such as suppliers,
customers, competitors, partners, and industries that analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships for
strategic decision making
Change Control Board (CCB) - Correct Answer - A committee that evaluates the worthiness of a
proposed change and either approves or rejects the proposed change.
Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) - Correct Answer - The senior manager (usually a registered nurse with
advanced education and extensive experience) responsible for administering patient care services
Clinical Care Classification (CCC) - Correct Answer - "Two interrelated taxonomies, the CCC of Nursing
Diagnoses and Outcomes and the CCC of Nursing Interventions and Actions, that provide a standardized
framework for documenting patient care in hospitals, home health agencies, ambulatory care clinics,
and other healthcare settings"
CPOE (Computerized Physician Order Entry) - Correct Answer - An order entry and decision support
system that allows direct entry of orders and immediately shared w/ others
Change Management - Correct Answer - The process, tools and techniques that help people implement
changes to achieve a desired outcome. (Supports the adoption of a medication Administration System)
Change Control - Correct Answer - Helps to prioritize limited resources and ensures system standards
are upheld.
,Connected health - Correct Answer - a model of health care delivery using technology to provide
services including information and education.
Technology assisted healthcare is delivered between at least 2 points involving either asynchronous or
synchronous exchange.
Consumer Health Informatics - Correct Answer - Use of electronic info & communication to improve
medical outcomes & healthcare decision making from pt perspective.
Patient view and structures and process that enable consumer to manage their own care.
Clinical Research Informatics - Correct Answer - Discovery and management of new knowledge
pertinent to health and disease from clinical trials via secondary data use.
C-CDA (Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture) - Correct Answer - Allows interoperability of
health information exchange between to hospitals.
21st Century Cures Act - Correct Answer - designed to help accelerate medical product development
and bring new innovations and advances to patients who need them faster and more efficiently.
Provisions that will improve workflow & exchange of electronic info. ONC (responsible for
implementing) seamless & secure access, exchange and use of electronic health info.
5 rights of clinical decision support - Correct Answer - Right information
Right person
Right intervention format
Right channel
Right time in workflow
Clinical Informatics - Correct Answer - concentration on the delivery of timely, safe, effective , EB and pt
centered care.
C - Correct Answer -
Clinical Decision Support System - Correct Answer - A special subcategory of clinical information
systems that is designed to help healthcare providers make knowledge-based clinical decisions
Ex: Alerts for abnormal VS, labs results, med contraindications, screenings, standing orders, reminders in
EHR ect...
, Clinical Information Systems - Correct Answer - Ex: May be specific to certain departments. Lab,
radiology, pharm(Both), or particular pt population.
Functions may include order entry, results reporting, scheduling and documentation.
Lg computerized database used to access the pt data that are needed to plan, implement and evaluate
care.
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Correct Answer - Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice who engages
in research and helps direct practice change.
clinical terminology - Correct Answer - standardized terms and their synonyms used to record pt data
with sufficient detail to support clinical care, decision support, outcomes research, and quality
improvement, flow sheets, vital signs, assessments and nursing notes.
Computer Literacy - Correct Answer - The ability to use computers for basic tasks, such as developing
documents, sending emails and searching the internet for information.
Confidentiality - Correct Answer - Relationship has been established where private info shared but NOT
disclosed w/out permission
configurability - Correct Answer - Refers to the extent that a given software product can be adapted or
changed to meet a user's preference
Contextual Inquiry - Correct Answer - involves studying customers' use of a product at their place of
work
Focusing on users point of view.
CCR (Continuity of Care Record) - Correct Answer - Snapshot/standardized summary of the most
relevant and timely health information about pt and shared to a physician who does not have access to
pts EHR.
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) - Correct Answer - Continuous monitoring of performance and
supports audit capability also known as QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM
Critical Care Information System - Correct Answer - Integrates captured physiological data w/
practitioner documentation and clinical data management functions, as well as access and
communication w/ remote experts.
Data - Correct Answer - Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations.
Database - Correct Answer - A collection of data organized in a manner that allows access, retrieval, and
use of that data
Data cleansing/scrubbing - Correct Answer - A process that weeds out and fixes or discards inconsistent,
incorrect, or incomplete information
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