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WGU D033 Health Information Systems
Management OA ACTUAL EXAM 2026
Information System - ANSWER -an automated system that uses
computer hardware and software to record, manipulate, store, recover,
and disseminate data (that is, a system that receives and processes
input and provides output)
Financial applications - ANSWER -software applications that handle
patient accounts, budgets, and other financial activities
Mainframe computers - ANSWER -large computers that are used by the
government and other organizations that require speed and the ability
to process large amounts of data.
Dumb Terminals - ANSWER -all of the processing is performed at the
server or mainframe
Cloud Computing - ANSWER -a system that operates on a computer
that is owned and maintained by a vendor.
Intranet - ANSWER -a private information network that uses Internet
technologies; however, its servers are located inside a firewall or
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security barrier so that the general public cannot gain access to
information housed within the network
Health Information Exchange - ANSWER -the exchange of health
information electronically between providers and others with the same
level of interoperability.
Evidence-based medicine - ANSWER -healthcare services based on
clinical methods that have been thoroughly tested through controlled,
peer-reviewed biomedical studies
Clinical pathways - ANSWER -a tool designed to coordinate
multidisciplinary care planning for specific diagnoses and treatments
clinical practice guidelines - ANSWER -provide a detailed, step-by-step
guide used by healthcare practitioners to make knowledge-based
decisions related to patient care and issued by an authoritative
organization such as a medical society.
Health Informatics - ANSWER -scientific discipline that is concerned
with the cognitive, information-processing, and communication tasks of
healthcare practice, education, and research, including the information
science and technology to support these tasks
Data Analytics - ANSWER -the science of examining raw data with the
purpose of drawing conclusions about that information
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Data mining - ANSWER -process of extracting and analyzing large
volumes of data from a database for the purpose of identifying hidden
and sometimes subtle relationships or patterns and using those
relationships to predict behaviors.
dashboards - ANSWER -reports of process measures to help leaders
follow progress to assist with strategic planning
descriptive statistics - ANSWER -set of statistical techniques used to
describe data, such as means, frequency distributions, and standard
deviations; describes the characteristics of a specific group or a
population
inferential statistics - ANSWER -set of statistical techniques that allows
researchers to make generalizations about a population's characteristics
on the basis of a sample's characteristics,
predictive modeling - ANSWER -process used to identify patterns that
can be used to predict the odds of a particular outcome based on the
observed data. Uses historical data in order to predict what is likely to
happen in the future.
certified health data analyst (CHDA) - ANSWER -advanced certification
covers data management, data analytics, and data reporting
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WGU D033 Health Information Systems
Management OA ACTUAL EXAM 2026
Information System - ANSWER -an automated system that uses
computer hardware and software to record, manipulate, store, recover,
and disseminate data (that is, a system that receives and processes
input and provides output)
Financial applications - ANSWER -software applications that handle
patient accounts, budgets, and other financial activities
Mainframe computers - ANSWER -large computers that are used by the
government and other organizations that require speed and the ability
to process large amounts of data.
Dumb Terminals - ANSWER -all of the processing is performed at the
server or mainframe
Cloud Computing - ANSWER -a system that operates on a computer
that is owned and maintained by a vendor.
Intranet - ANSWER -a private information network that uses Internet
technologies; however, its servers are located inside a firewall or
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security barrier so that the general public cannot gain access to
information housed within the network
Health Information Exchange - ANSWER -the exchange of health
information electronically between providers and others with the same
level of interoperability.
Evidence-based medicine - ANSWER -healthcare services based on
clinical methods that have been thoroughly tested through controlled,
peer-reviewed biomedical studies
Clinical pathways - ANSWER -a tool designed to coordinate
multidisciplinary care planning for specific diagnoses and treatments
clinical practice guidelines - ANSWER -provide a detailed, step-by-step
guide used by healthcare practitioners to make knowledge-based
decisions related to patient care and issued by an authoritative
organization such as a medical society.
Health Informatics - ANSWER -scientific discipline that is concerned
with the cognitive, information-processing, and communication tasks of
healthcare practice, education, and research, including the information
science and technology to support these tasks
Data Analytics - ANSWER -the science of examining raw data with the
purpose of drawing conclusions about that information
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Data mining - ANSWER -process of extracting and analyzing large
volumes of data from a database for the purpose of identifying hidden
and sometimes subtle relationships or patterns and using those
relationships to predict behaviors.
dashboards - ANSWER -reports of process measures to help leaders
follow progress to assist with strategic planning
descriptive statistics - ANSWER -set of statistical techniques used to
describe data, such as means, frequency distributions, and standard
deviations; describes the characteristics of a specific group or a
population
inferential statistics - ANSWER -set of statistical techniques that allows
researchers to make generalizations about a population's characteristics
on the basis of a sample's characteristics,
predictive modeling - ANSWER -process used to identify patterns that
can be used to predict the odds of a particular outcome based on the
observed data. Uses historical data in order to predict what is likely to
happen in the future.
certified health data analyst (CHDA) - ANSWER -advanced certification
covers data management, data analytics, and data reporting
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