WGU D223 HEALTHCARE POLICY AND
ECONOMICS TASK 1 AND TASK 2 UPDATED
FEBRUARY 2024 TEST BANK 2026
UPDATED QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Access controls. Answer: A computer software program designed to
prevent unauthorized use of an information resource
⩥ Addressable standards. Answer: Must be evaluated by the entity to
determine whether or not the standard is reasonable and appropriate
⩥ Administrative information system. Answer: A system that manages
the business of healthcare; is the first information systems to be used in
healthcare. The data collected in this system are mainly financial or
business-oriented in nature, rather than clinical
⩥ Administrative safeguards. Answer: Administrative actions, and
policies and procedures, to manage the selection, development,
implementation, and maintenance of security measure to protect
electronic-protected health information and to manage the conduct of the
covered entity's workforce in relation to the protection of that
information. (45 CFR 160, 162, and 164)
,⩥ Administrative simplification. Answer: Improves the efficiency and
effectiveness of the business processes of healthcare by standardizing
the EDI of administrative and financial transactions and protects the
privacy and security of protected health information (PHI) that is
transmitted from one point to another
⩥ Alpha site. Answer: The first healthcare facility to implement the
information system American National Standards Institute (ANSI) The
SDO for the United States and a representative to the ISO
⩥ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Answer: Enacted
to stimulate the US economy during a recession that started in 2007. A
significant portion of ARRA was dedicated to expanding the use of HIT
to improve the business efficiency and effectiveness of HCOs while
increasing patient safety and positive health outcomes. It also enacted an
incentive program known as Meaningful Use
⩥ Anesthesia information system. Answer: A system that collects
information on preoperative, operative, and postoperative anesthesia-
related clinical information. This system follows the patient through the
surgical process
⩥ Annotation. Answer: The ability to add to the image in some way;
because the image may be a legal document, the image itself cannot be
altered; however, an overlay to the document will show the annotation
,⩥ ANSI Accredited Standards Committee X12N (ASC X12N). Answer:
Responsible for developing the EDI standards used to share information
needed for health insurance administrative transactions
⩥ Audit controls. Answer: The mechanisms that record and examine
activity in information systems
⩥ Audit log. Answer: Or audit trail, an electronic footprint of the actions
that occurred in a particular file in an information system or that were
performed by a specific individual
⩥ Audit trails. Answer: The record of information system activities, such
as log-in, log-out, unsuccessful log-ins, print, query, and other actions
⩥ Audit-reduction tools. Answer: Tools that review the audit trail and
compare it to criteria specified by the CE, which eliminates routine
entries such as the periodic backups
⩥ Authorship. Answer: The origination or creation of recorded
information attributed to a specific individual or entity acting at a
particular time
⩥ Automated codebook encoder. Answer: An encoder that lists
diagnoses and procedures in alphabetic order much like the alphabetic
index
, ⩥ Back-end speech recognition (BESR). Answer: A speech recognition
technology in which the physician dictates in the traditional manner and
an editor listens to the audio and reviews the document created
⩥ Backscanning. Answer: The process of scanning past health records
into the DMS so there is an existing database of patient information,
making the DMS valuable to the user from the first day of
implementation
⩥ Backward map. Answer: A map that links the two coding systems in
the opposite direction, moving from ICD-10 to ICD-9
⩥ Barcode medication administration record (BC-MAR). Answer: See
Electronic medication administration record (EMAR)
⩥ Best of breed. Answer: Choosing the ISs based on functionality rather
than by vendor 313 314 Glossary
⩥ Best of fit. Answer: The decision to purchase software from a single
vendor
⩥ Beta sites. Answer: The healthcare facilities who subsequently
implement the information system
ECONOMICS TASK 1 AND TASK 2 UPDATED
FEBRUARY 2024 TEST BANK 2026
UPDATED QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Access controls. Answer: A computer software program designed to
prevent unauthorized use of an information resource
⩥ Addressable standards. Answer: Must be evaluated by the entity to
determine whether or not the standard is reasonable and appropriate
⩥ Administrative information system. Answer: A system that manages
the business of healthcare; is the first information systems to be used in
healthcare. The data collected in this system are mainly financial or
business-oriented in nature, rather than clinical
⩥ Administrative safeguards. Answer: Administrative actions, and
policies and procedures, to manage the selection, development,
implementation, and maintenance of security measure to protect
electronic-protected health information and to manage the conduct of the
covered entity's workforce in relation to the protection of that
information. (45 CFR 160, 162, and 164)
,⩥ Administrative simplification. Answer: Improves the efficiency and
effectiveness of the business processes of healthcare by standardizing
the EDI of administrative and financial transactions and protects the
privacy and security of protected health information (PHI) that is
transmitted from one point to another
⩥ Alpha site. Answer: The first healthcare facility to implement the
information system American National Standards Institute (ANSI) The
SDO for the United States and a representative to the ISO
⩥ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Answer: Enacted
to stimulate the US economy during a recession that started in 2007. A
significant portion of ARRA was dedicated to expanding the use of HIT
to improve the business efficiency and effectiveness of HCOs while
increasing patient safety and positive health outcomes. It also enacted an
incentive program known as Meaningful Use
⩥ Anesthesia information system. Answer: A system that collects
information on preoperative, operative, and postoperative anesthesia-
related clinical information. This system follows the patient through the
surgical process
⩥ Annotation. Answer: The ability to add to the image in some way;
because the image may be a legal document, the image itself cannot be
altered; however, an overlay to the document will show the annotation
,⩥ ANSI Accredited Standards Committee X12N (ASC X12N). Answer:
Responsible for developing the EDI standards used to share information
needed for health insurance administrative transactions
⩥ Audit controls. Answer: The mechanisms that record and examine
activity in information systems
⩥ Audit log. Answer: Or audit trail, an electronic footprint of the actions
that occurred in a particular file in an information system or that were
performed by a specific individual
⩥ Audit trails. Answer: The record of information system activities, such
as log-in, log-out, unsuccessful log-ins, print, query, and other actions
⩥ Audit-reduction tools. Answer: Tools that review the audit trail and
compare it to criteria specified by the CE, which eliminates routine
entries such as the periodic backups
⩥ Authorship. Answer: The origination or creation of recorded
information attributed to a specific individual or entity acting at a
particular time
⩥ Automated codebook encoder. Answer: An encoder that lists
diagnoses and procedures in alphabetic order much like the alphabetic
index
, ⩥ Back-end speech recognition (BESR). Answer: A speech recognition
technology in which the physician dictates in the traditional manner and
an editor listens to the audio and reviews the document created
⩥ Backscanning. Answer: The process of scanning past health records
into the DMS so there is an existing database of patient information,
making the DMS valuable to the user from the first day of
implementation
⩥ Backward map. Answer: A map that links the two coding systems in
the opposite direction, moving from ICD-10 to ICD-9
⩥ Barcode medication administration record (BC-MAR). Answer: See
Electronic medication administration record (EMAR)
⩥ Best of breed. Answer: Choosing the ISs based on functionality rather
than by vendor 313 314 Glossary
⩥ Best of fit. Answer: The decision to purchase software from a single
vendor
⩥ Beta sites. Answer: The healthcare facilities who subsequently
implement the information system
