WGU C427 TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS
IN HEALTHCARE EXAM QUESTIONS
COMPLETE WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\Q\.Healthcare Management Information System
(HMIS) - ANSWERS✔-One of the six building blocks essential for health system
strengthening. Is a data collection system specifically designed to support
planning, management, and decision making in health facilities and organizations.
\Q\.Protected Health Information (PHI) - ANSWERS✔-The HIPAA Privacy Rule
provides federal
protections for personal health information held by covered entities and gives
patients an array of rights with respect to that information. At the same time, the
Privacy Rule is balanced so that it permits the disclosure of personal health
information needed for patient care and other
important purposes.
\Q\.Health Information Portability and Protection Act
(HIPAA) - ANSWERS✔-Enacted on August 21, 1996, by the U.S. Congress to
accelerate the development of data standards to improve the privacy,
confidentiality, integrity, and security aspects of personal health information and
to simplify the movement of individual patients' protected health information
(PHI) between healthcare professionals and other
covered entities that require the information,
,such as insurance companies
\Q\.Health Level 7 (HL7) - ANSWERS✔-Accredited by ANSI, is a system
development organization whose aim is to promote interoperability for the
interchange
of healthcare data. "Level Seven" refers to the
highest level of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
communications model for open-systems interconnection (OSI)—the application
level.12 Built on existing production protocols, predominantly those of ASTM
Standard 1238. It operates as a nonprofit
volunteer-, vendor-, and provider-supported
organization to encourage information scientists and various experts in the
healthcare field to endeavor toward the development of standards for the
management, processing, integration, and
exchange of electronic healthcare information.
\Q\.American National Standards Institute (ANSI) - ANSWERS✔-Oversees the
creation, promulgation and use of thousands of norms and guidelines
that directly impact businesses in nearly every sector: from acoustical devices to
construction equipment, from dairy and livestock production to energy
distribution, and many more. Also actively engaged in accreditation - assessing the
competence of organizations determining conformance to standards.
\Q\.Health Information Exchange (HIE) - ANSWERS✔-allows doctors, nurses,
pharmacists, other health care providers and patients to appropriately access and
securely share a patient's vital medical information electronically—improving the
speed, quality, safety and cost of patient care
, \Q\.Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
(DICOM) - ANSWERS✔-The standard for the communication and management of
medical imaging information
and related data.
\Q\.World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - ANSWERS✔-international community
that develops open
standards to ensure the long-term growth of the Web.
\Q\.Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) -
ANSWERS✔-part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
Created to
motivate the implementation of electronic health records (EHR) and supporting
technology in the United States. Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS)
`Computer tools
\Q\.Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) - ANSWERS✔-A computer
application that allows a physician's orders for diagnostic and treatment services
(such as medications, laboratory, and other tests) to be entered electronically
instead of being recorded on order sheets or prescription pads.
The computer compares the order against
standards for dosing, checks for allergies or
interactions with other medications, and warns the physician about potential
problems.
IN HEALTHCARE EXAM QUESTIONS
COMPLETE WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\Q\.Healthcare Management Information System
(HMIS) - ANSWERS✔-One of the six building blocks essential for health system
strengthening. Is a data collection system specifically designed to support
planning, management, and decision making in health facilities and organizations.
\Q\.Protected Health Information (PHI) - ANSWERS✔-The HIPAA Privacy Rule
provides federal
protections for personal health information held by covered entities and gives
patients an array of rights with respect to that information. At the same time, the
Privacy Rule is balanced so that it permits the disclosure of personal health
information needed for patient care and other
important purposes.
\Q\.Health Information Portability and Protection Act
(HIPAA) - ANSWERS✔-Enacted on August 21, 1996, by the U.S. Congress to
accelerate the development of data standards to improve the privacy,
confidentiality, integrity, and security aspects of personal health information and
to simplify the movement of individual patients' protected health information
(PHI) between healthcare professionals and other
covered entities that require the information,
,such as insurance companies
\Q\.Health Level 7 (HL7) - ANSWERS✔-Accredited by ANSI, is a system
development organization whose aim is to promote interoperability for the
interchange
of healthcare data. "Level Seven" refers to the
highest level of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
communications model for open-systems interconnection (OSI)—the application
level.12 Built on existing production protocols, predominantly those of ASTM
Standard 1238. It operates as a nonprofit
volunteer-, vendor-, and provider-supported
organization to encourage information scientists and various experts in the
healthcare field to endeavor toward the development of standards for the
management, processing, integration, and
exchange of electronic healthcare information.
\Q\.American National Standards Institute (ANSI) - ANSWERS✔-Oversees the
creation, promulgation and use of thousands of norms and guidelines
that directly impact businesses in nearly every sector: from acoustical devices to
construction equipment, from dairy and livestock production to energy
distribution, and many more. Also actively engaged in accreditation - assessing the
competence of organizations determining conformance to standards.
\Q\.Health Information Exchange (HIE) - ANSWERS✔-allows doctors, nurses,
pharmacists, other health care providers and patients to appropriately access and
securely share a patient's vital medical information electronically—improving the
speed, quality, safety and cost of patient care
, \Q\.Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
(DICOM) - ANSWERS✔-The standard for the communication and management of
medical imaging information
and related data.
\Q\.World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - ANSWERS✔-international community
that develops open
standards to ensure the long-term growth of the Web.
\Q\.Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) -
ANSWERS✔-part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
Created to
motivate the implementation of electronic health records (EHR) and supporting
technology in the United States. Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS)
`Computer tools
\Q\.Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) - ANSWERS✔-A computer
application that allows a physician's orders for diagnostic and treatment services
(such as medications, laboratory, and other tests) to be entered electronically
instead of being recorded on order sheets or prescription pads.
The computer compares the order against
standards for dosing, checks for allergies or
interactions with other medications, and warns the physician about potential
problems.
