D220 Informatics General Exam Study
Guide – Complete Questions with Correct
Detailed Answers | Brand New Version |
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Prepare smarter and boost your confidence with this comprehensive General Exam Study
Guide. This resource is designed to help students review key topics, practice exam-style
questions, and improve their understanding of important concepts commonly tested in exams.
Inside this guide, you will find complete exam questions with correct detailed answers,
carefully structured to make studying easier and more effective. Each answer includes clear
explanations to help you understand the reasoning behind the correct response and reinforce
your knowledge.
⭐ What This Study Guide Includes
✔ Complete exam questions covering essential topics
✔ Correct answers with detailed explanations
✔ Clear and organized structure for quick and easy revision
✔ Coverage of commonly tested exam concepts
✔ Brand new and updated version for effective exam preparation
🚀 Why This Study Guide Is Useful
This guide helps students study more efficiently and focus on the most important material.
Practicing with exam-style questions allows you to strengthen your understanding, identify weak
areas, and build the confidence needed to succeed.
🎯 Perfect For
• Final exam preparation
• Midterm exam review
• Weekly revision and study sessions
• Practicing exam-style questions
• Improving overall academic performance
,📚 A practical and reliable study resource designed to help students review key concepts,
practice questions, and achieve better exam results.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) -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) -ANSWER✅✅✅Produced
evidence making healthcare safer, improve quality, accessibility and affordability
Asynchoronous Applications -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 -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 -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 -ANSWER✅✅✅Becoming desensitized to patient care alarms and
missing or delaying their response to the alarm.
ANA (American Nurses Association) -ANSWER✅✅✅Professional organization for all
RNs. Concerned with licensure, collective bargaining and education
Analytics -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 -ANSWER✅✅✅a report that traces who has accessed electronic
information, when information was accessed, and whether any information was
changed
Authentication -ANSWER✅✅✅A method for confirming users' identities
Authorization -ANSWER✅✅✅The process of giving someone permission to do or have
something
Barcode Scanning Technology -ANSWER✅✅✅Scans drug and patients wristband to
verify medication order, inventory control, + pt identification, correct med admin
Big Data -ANSWER✅✅✅a collection of large, complex data sets, including structured
and unstructured data, which cannot be analyzed without the use of information
technology
Bioinformatics -ANSWER✅✅✅application of mathematics and computer science to
store, retrieve, and analyze biological data
Biometrics -ANSWER✅✅✅the identification of a user based on a physical
characteristic, such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting
Business Continuity Plan -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 -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) -ANSWER✅✅✅A committee that evaluates the
worthiness of a proposed change and either approves or rejects the proposed change.
Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) -ANSWER✅✅✅The senior manager (usually a registered
nurse with advanced education and extensive experience) responsible for administering
patient care services
Clinical Care Classification (CCC) -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) -ANSWER✅✅✅An order entry and
decision support system that allows direct entry of orders and immediately shared w/
others
Change Management -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 -ANSWER✅✅✅Helps to prioritize limited resources and ensures
system standards are upheld.
Connected health -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 -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 -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) -ANSWER✅✅✅Allows
interoperability of health information exchange between to hospitals.
21st Century Cures Act -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 -ANSWER✅✅✅Right information
Right person
Right intervention format
Right channel
Right time in workflow
Clinical Informatics -ANSWER✅✅✅concentration on the delivery of timely, safe,
effective , EB and pt centered care.
Guide – Complete Questions with Correct
Detailed Answers | Brand New Version |
Guaranteed Pass
Prepare smarter and boost your confidence with this comprehensive General Exam Study
Guide. This resource is designed to help students review key topics, practice exam-style
questions, and improve their understanding of important concepts commonly tested in exams.
Inside this guide, you will find complete exam questions with correct detailed answers,
carefully structured to make studying easier and more effective. Each answer includes clear
explanations to help you understand the reasoning behind the correct response and reinforce
your knowledge.
⭐ What This Study Guide Includes
✔ Complete exam questions covering essential topics
✔ Correct answers with detailed explanations
✔ Clear and organized structure for quick and easy revision
✔ Coverage of commonly tested exam concepts
✔ Brand new and updated version for effective exam preparation
🚀 Why This Study Guide Is Useful
This guide helps students study more efficiently and focus on the most important material.
Practicing with exam-style questions allows you to strengthen your understanding, identify weak
areas, and build the confidence needed to succeed.
🎯 Perfect For
• Final exam preparation
• Midterm exam review
• Weekly revision and study sessions
• Practicing exam-style questions
• Improving overall academic performance
,📚 A practical and reliable study resource designed to help students review key concepts,
practice questions, and achieve better exam results.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) -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) -ANSWER✅✅✅Produced
evidence making healthcare safer, improve quality, accessibility and affordability
Asynchoronous Applications -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 -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 -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 -ANSWER✅✅✅Becoming desensitized to patient care alarms and
missing or delaying their response to the alarm.
ANA (American Nurses Association) -ANSWER✅✅✅Professional organization for all
RNs. Concerned with licensure, collective bargaining and education
Analytics -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 -ANSWER✅✅✅a report that traces who has accessed electronic
information, when information was accessed, and whether any information was
changed
Authentication -ANSWER✅✅✅A method for confirming users' identities
Authorization -ANSWER✅✅✅The process of giving someone permission to do or have
something
Barcode Scanning Technology -ANSWER✅✅✅Scans drug and patients wristband to
verify medication order, inventory control, + pt identification, correct med admin
Big Data -ANSWER✅✅✅a collection of large, complex data sets, including structured
and unstructured data, which cannot be analyzed without the use of information
technology
Bioinformatics -ANSWER✅✅✅application of mathematics and computer science to
store, retrieve, and analyze biological data
Biometrics -ANSWER✅✅✅the identification of a user based on a physical
characteristic, such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting
Business Continuity Plan -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 -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) -ANSWER✅✅✅A committee that evaluates the
worthiness of a proposed change and either approves or rejects the proposed change.
Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) -ANSWER✅✅✅The senior manager (usually a registered
nurse with advanced education and extensive experience) responsible for administering
patient care services
Clinical Care Classification (CCC) -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) -ANSWER✅✅✅An order entry and
decision support system that allows direct entry of orders and immediately shared w/
others
Change Management -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 -ANSWER✅✅✅Helps to prioritize limited resources and ensures
system standards are upheld.
Connected health -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 -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 -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) -ANSWER✅✅✅Allows
interoperability of health information exchange between to hospitals.
21st Century Cures Act -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 -ANSWER✅✅✅Right information
Right person
Right intervention format
Right channel
Right time in workflow
Clinical Informatics -ANSWER✅✅✅concentration on the delivery of timely, safe,
effective , EB and pt centered care.
