WGU D033 Health Information Systems
Management Updated Questions and
Answers (2026/2027) | Practice Review |
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• Information System -✓✓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 -✓✓software applications that handle patient accounts,
budgets, and other financial activities
• Mainframe computers -✓✓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 -✓✓all of the processing is performed at the server or
mainframe
• Cloud Computing -✓✓a system that operates on a computer that is owned and
maintained by a vendor.
• Intranet -✓✓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 -✓✓the exchange of health information
electronically between providers and others with the same level of interoperability.
• Evidence-based medicine -✓✓healthcare services based on clinical methods that
have been thoroughly tested through controlled, peer-reviewed biomedical studies
• Clinical pathways -✓✓a tool designed to coordinate multidisciplinary care
planning for specific diagnoses and treatments
,• clinical practice guidelines -✓✓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 -✓✓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 -✓✓the science of examining raw data with the purpose of
drawing conclusions about that information
• Data mining -✓✓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 -✓✓reports of process measures to help leaders follow progress to
assist with strategic planning
• descriptive statistics -✓✓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 -✓✓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 -✓✓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) -✓✓advanced certification covers data
management, data analytics, and data reporting
• Clinical Information Systems -✓✓collects and stores medical, nursing, clinical
ancillary areas (such as radiology and laboratory), and therapy department
information related to patient care
, • document management system -✓✓electronic method of capturing and
managing documents.
• target sheets -✓✓pages that contain only a barcode that tells the scanner and,
ultimately, the computer the content of the pages that follow
• file server -✓✓large PC or other computer that is extremely powerful and has a
large amount of memory and magnetic hard drive
• abstracting and quality control workstation -✓✓workstation is used for indexing
and quality control
• backscanning -✓✓process of scanning past health records into the DMS so there
is an existing database of patient information
• symbiology -✓✓format; for barcodes it is Code 39, also known as Code 3 of 9
• Radiology Information System (RIS) -✓✓used to collect, store, and provide
information on radiological tests such as x-rays, ultrasound, magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and positron emission tomography
(PET)
• Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) -✓✓integrated
information system that obtains, stores, retrieves, and displays digital images
• Teleradiology -✓✓ability to view radiology images from any location by the
radiologist and other users
• Laboratory information system (LIS) -✓✓collects, stores, and manages
laboratory tests and their respective results
• Nursing Information System -✓✓assists in the planning and monitoring of
overall patient care. Will document the nursing care provided to a patient
• clinical documentation -✓✓any manual or electronic notation or recording made
by a physician or other healthcare clinician related to a patient's medical condition
or treatment
Management Updated Questions and
Answers (2026/2027) | Practice Review |
A+ Verified
• Information System -✓✓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 -✓✓software applications that handle patient accounts,
budgets, and other financial activities
• Mainframe computers -✓✓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 -✓✓all of the processing is performed at the server or
mainframe
• Cloud Computing -✓✓a system that operates on a computer that is owned and
maintained by a vendor.
• Intranet -✓✓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 -✓✓the exchange of health information
electronically between providers and others with the same level of interoperability.
• Evidence-based medicine -✓✓healthcare services based on clinical methods that
have been thoroughly tested through controlled, peer-reviewed biomedical studies
• Clinical pathways -✓✓a tool designed to coordinate multidisciplinary care
planning for specific diagnoses and treatments
,• clinical practice guidelines -✓✓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 -✓✓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 -✓✓the science of examining raw data with the purpose of
drawing conclusions about that information
• Data mining -✓✓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 -✓✓reports of process measures to help leaders follow progress to
assist with strategic planning
• descriptive statistics -✓✓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 -✓✓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 -✓✓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) -✓✓advanced certification covers data
management, data analytics, and data reporting
• Clinical Information Systems -✓✓collects and stores medical, nursing, clinical
ancillary areas (such as radiology and laboratory), and therapy department
information related to patient care
, • document management system -✓✓electronic method of capturing and
managing documents.
• target sheets -✓✓pages that contain only a barcode that tells the scanner and,
ultimately, the computer the content of the pages that follow
• file server -✓✓large PC or other computer that is extremely powerful and has a
large amount of memory and magnetic hard drive
• abstracting and quality control workstation -✓✓workstation is used for indexing
and quality control
• backscanning -✓✓process of scanning past health records into the DMS so there
is an existing database of patient information
• symbiology -✓✓format; for barcodes it is Code 39, also known as Code 3 of 9
• Radiology Information System (RIS) -✓✓used to collect, store, and provide
information on radiological tests such as x-rays, ultrasound, magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and positron emission tomography
(PET)
• Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) -✓✓integrated
information system that obtains, stores, retrieves, and displays digital images
• Teleradiology -✓✓ability to view radiology images from any location by the
radiologist and other users
• Laboratory information system (LIS) -✓✓collects, stores, and manages
laboratory tests and their respective results
• Nursing Information System -✓✓assists in the planning and monitoring of
overall patient care. Will document the nursing care provided to a patient
• clinical documentation -✓✓any manual or electronic notation or recording made
by a physician or other healthcare clinician related to a patient's medical condition
or treatment
