WGU D223 HEALTHCARE POLICY AND
ECONOMICS TASK 1 AND TASK 2 UPDATED
FEBRUARY 2024 EXAMINATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ 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
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
, ⩥ 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
ECONOMICS TASK 1 AND TASK 2 UPDATED
FEBRUARY 2024 EXAMINATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ 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
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
, ⩥ 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
