WGU C427 TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN
HEALTHCARE EXAM QUESTIONS QUETIONS WITH
CERTIFIED ANSWERS
Healthcare Management Information System
(HMIS)
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.
Protected Health Information (PHI)
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.
Health Information Portability and Protection Act
(HIPAA)
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
Health Level 7 (HL7)
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.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
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.
Health Information Exchange (HIE)
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
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
(DICOM)
The standard for the communication and management of medical imaging information
and related data.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
international community that develops open
standards to ensure the long-term growth of the Web.
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)
HEALTHCARE EXAM QUESTIONS QUETIONS WITH
CERTIFIED ANSWERS
Healthcare Management Information System
(HMIS)
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.
Protected Health Information (PHI)
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.
Health Information Portability and Protection Act
(HIPAA)
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
Health Level 7 (HL7)
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.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
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.
Health Information Exchange (HIE)
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
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
(DICOM)
The standard for the communication and management of medical imaging information
and related data.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
international community that develops open
standards to ensure the long-term growth of the Web.
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)
