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WGU C810 OA FINAL EXAM FOUNDATIONS IN
HEALTHCARE DATA MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM | ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Which form of review is conducted after a patient is discharged from an
acute care facility in order to obtain information about trends and
patterns of documentation? ......ANSWER......Closed-record review
Which guideline should an health information management (HIM)
professional follow for documentation of both paper and electronic
records? ......ANSWER......Original documents should be maintained in
the health record.
Which data type is a cardiac catheterization examination note an
example of? ......ANSWER......Unstructured data
A paragraph in a physician's order specifies information about a
patient's discharge. Which type of data is described in this scenario?
......ANSWER......Unstructured
A health information manager is responsible for properly destroying
records after the retention period has passed. Which principle for
information governance is described in this scenario?
......ANSWER......Disposition
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A chief information officer at a hospital is working to improve data
security methodologies within the hospital's electronic health record
(EHR). The chief information officer enlists the help of the hospital's
health information management (HIM) director to help design and
enforce the new data security policies, which include the utilization of a
new token system to access the EHR.Which information governance
principle is described in this scenario? ......ANSWER......Protection
In a healthcare facility that still uses paper records, a physician is
requesting a record to complete a discharge summary that is now 28
days past due. The record tracker states that the record has been sent
to storage.Which record-keeping principle applies to this scenario?
......ANSWER......Availability
What does a stakeholder analysis of a data governance system identify?
......ANSWER......Needs of those interested in the data
Which organization requires reporting of medical malpractice
payments, federal licensure and certification actions, and adverse
clinical privileges actions? ......ANSWER......National Practitioner Data
Bank (NPDB)
What is the name of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS) external audit program that works to reduce Medicare improper
payments? ......ANSWER......RACs
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Which assessment do the Conditions of Participation require all home
health agencies to electronically report? ......ANSWER......OASIS
To which organization must a sentinel event be reported?
......ANSWER......The Joint Commission
Which model describes the information that flows to more than one
regional clinical data repository (CDR) and requested records sent from
one regional authority? ......ANSWER......Federated
A local skilled nursing facility (SNF), hospital, and public health agency
all participate in a health information exchange (HIE). The data is
pushed from their facilities into one repository where they all have
access to retrieve data when needed.Which model is described in this
scenario? ......ANSWER......Centralized
Which quality characteristic describes data that is unaffected when
used across all applications and systems? ......ANSWER......Consistency
During a storm, the operation of information systems and data
preservation are threatened, triggering a disaster protocol.Which
disaster recovery planning process step should be taken in this
situation? ......ANSWER......Execute the continuity plan
An acute care facility is concerned with identity theft and wants to
update policies to detect identity theft in day-to-day operations, take
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WGU C810 OA FINAL EXAM FOUNDATIONS IN
HEALTHCARE DATA MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM | ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Which form of review is conducted after a patient is discharged from an
acute care facility in order to obtain information about trends and
patterns of documentation? ......ANSWER......Closed-record review
Which guideline should an health information management (HIM)
professional follow for documentation of both paper and electronic
records? ......ANSWER......Original documents should be maintained in
the health record.
Which data type is a cardiac catheterization examination note an
example of? ......ANSWER......Unstructured data
A paragraph in a physician's order specifies information about a
patient's discharge. Which type of data is described in this scenario?
......ANSWER......Unstructured
A health information manager is responsible for properly destroying
records after the retention period has passed. Which principle for
information governance is described in this scenario?
......ANSWER......Disposition
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A chief information officer at a hospital is working to improve data
security methodologies within the hospital's electronic health record
(EHR). The chief information officer enlists the help of the hospital's
health information management (HIM) director to help design and
enforce the new data security policies, which include the utilization of a
new token system to access the EHR.Which information governance
principle is described in this scenario? ......ANSWER......Protection
In a healthcare facility that still uses paper records, a physician is
requesting a record to complete a discharge summary that is now 28
days past due. The record tracker states that the record has been sent
to storage.Which record-keeping principle applies to this scenario?
......ANSWER......Availability
What does a stakeholder analysis of a data governance system identify?
......ANSWER......Needs of those interested in the data
Which organization requires reporting of medical malpractice
payments, federal licensure and certification actions, and adverse
clinical privileges actions? ......ANSWER......National Practitioner Data
Bank (NPDB)
What is the name of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS) external audit program that works to reduce Medicare improper
payments? ......ANSWER......RACs
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Which assessment do the Conditions of Participation require all home
health agencies to electronically report? ......ANSWER......OASIS
To which organization must a sentinel event be reported?
......ANSWER......The Joint Commission
Which model describes the information that flows to more than one
regional clinical data repository (CDR) and requested records sent from
one regional authority? ......ANSWER......Federated
A local skilled nursing facility (SNF), hospital, and public health agency
all participate in a health information exchange (HIE). The data is
pushed from their facilities into one repository where they all have
access to retrieve data when needed.Which model is described in this
scenario? ......ANSWER......Centralized
Which quality characteristic describes data that is unaffected when
used across all applications and systems? ......ANSWER......Consistency
During a storm, the operation of information systems and data
preservation are threatened, triggering a disaster protocol.Which
disaster recovery planning process step should be taken in this
situation? ......ANSWER......Execute the continuity plan
An acute care facility is concerned with identity theft and wants to
update policies to detect identity theft in day-to-day operations, take
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