WGU D033 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT 2023-2024 EXAM
80 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
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A physician group is adopting a new electronic health record (EHR). Some members of the group prefer
to dictate, and others prefer direct data entry.
Which data capture method should the EHR coordinator recommend to meet the needs of all
physicians?
- Voice data entry
- Structured data entry
- Template-based entry
- Unstructured data entry - ANSWER-Template-based entry
A hospital's health information management (HIM) department receives numerous pages of loose
documentation on a daily basis to integrate into the patient's electronic chart.
Which procedure should the department consider implementing to improve the electronic record
process and ensure documentation is readily available?
- Barcoding
- Abstracting
- Chart reviews
- Form management - ANSWER-Barcoding
An administrator needs to generate reports that show patient utilization trends for the emergency
department (ED) on a quarterly basis.
Which system should be used?
- MPI
- EIS
- CDS
- R-ADT - ANSWER-R-ADT
,Which benefit is provided by a hospital's birth certificate system?
- On-demand printing of birth certificates
- Modification of the labor and delivery log
- Quality review of labor and delivery records
- -Submission of social security number requests - ANSWER-Submission of social security number
requests
A hospital has a pharmacy information system (PIS) that is integrated with a computerized provider
order entry (CPOE) system. The physician orders medications for an inpatient through the CPOE.
How is healthcare decision-making affected due to the integration of the PIS?
-The integration allows the CPOE system to streamline the process of medication reconciliation.
-The integration allows the CPOE system to automatically substitute a more clinically appropriate
medication.
-The integration allows the physician to send discharge medications electronically to the patient's
pharmacy of choice.
-The integration allows the physician to be alerted to contraindication for any medication based on the
patient's allergy information. - ANSWER-The integration allows the physician to be alerted to
contraindication for any medication based on the patient's allergy information.
An emergency department (ED) patient is sent to radiology for a two-view X-ray of the left knee. The X-
ray technician uses the hospital's radiology information system (RIS) throughout the exam.
How does the RIS assist the technician?
-It controls radiation exposure and calculates expected rate of recovery from injury.
-It controls radiation exposure and calculates expected risk of infection from injury.
-It helps the technician decide the correct positioning of the patient and ensures image quality.
-It helps the technician decide the correct positioning of the patient and ensures documentation
integrity. - ANSWER-It helps the technician decide the correct positioning of the patient and ensures
image quality.
A primary care clinic encourages its physicians to engage in patient-centered care by actively partnering
with patients during healthcare decision-making.
Which technology in the clinic's health information system (HIS) supports this process?
, -Patient portal
-Patient billing
-Patient monitoring
-Patient identification - ANSWER-Patient portal
Which medication-related area has benefited from the use of an electronic health record (EHR)?
-Improved patient verification with prescribed medication - ANSWER-Improved patient verification with
prescribed medication
How does a health information exchange (HIE) improve patient safety?
-Reduces over-utilization of diagnostic services
-Provides real-time clinical decision support capabilities
-Gives primary care physicians the ability to learn from specialists
-Allows all physicians caring for a patient to access the same data - ANSWER-Allows all physicians caring
for a patient to access the same data
A health information management (HIM) system becomes unavailable due to a faulty component in a
server. The information technology (IT) staff orders a replacement part to arrive the following morning.
Which need is associated with managing the health information during this downtime?
-Reschedule patients
-Allow only very sick patients to be seen today
-Access back-up servers to capture historical data
-Close the office until the system is back up the next day - ANSWER-Access back-up servers to capture
historical data
A physician practice office would like to implement a downtime policy.
Which form is used to capture billing for the services provided?
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