D220 INFORMATICS OA STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (2026-
2027) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Admission-Transfer-Discharge System (ADT)
- correct answer - Classified under the
hospitals' administrative info system. It's one
of the foundational systems that allows
operational activities such as bed placement,
transportation coordination, room readiness,
and the general coordination of services
focused on the patient's phase of movement.
Tracks a patient's activities and location from
admission to discharge
American Recover and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA) - correct answer - Authorized
INCENTIVE PAYMENTS to specific types of
hospitals and healthcare professionals for
adopting and using interoperable Health
Information Technology and EHR's. ARRA
provides economic stimuli and incentives for
the adoption of EHRs.
, Analytical Science - correct answer - Uses a
variety of methods and instruments to
answer 2 basic questions: What do I have?
How much of it do I have? Environment,
pharmacy, safety & security, fraud detection,
and healthcare diagnostics.
Asynchronous Applications - correct answer
- Patient-centered and allows consumers to
participate in their own care by using
designated health technology to share health
metrics and data with their healthcare
provider via technology (remote patient-
monitoring - the use of devices to capture
patient data at one location and then
transmit it electronically to healthcare
professionals at a different location, allowing
the review of data for clinical decision-
making, i.e. MobileHealth).
Audit Trails - correct answer - Software that
is used for detecting security violations,
performance problems, and flaws. Records
activity by users and system. Goal is to
improve data integrity. Audit trails are only
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (2026-
2027) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Admission-Transfer-Discharge System (ADT)
- correct answer - Classified under the
hospitals' administrative info system. It's one
of the foundational systems that allows
operational activities such as bed placement,
transportation coordination, room readiness,
and the general coordination of services
focused on the patient's phase of movement.
Tracks a patient's activities and location from
admission to discharge
American Recover and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA) - correct answer - Authorized
INCENTIVE PAYMENTS to specific types of
hospitals and healthcare professionals for
adopting and using interoperable Health
Information Technology and EHR's. ARRA
provides economic stimuli and incentives for
the adoption of EHRs.
, Analytical Science - correct answer - Uses a
variety of methods and instruments to
answer 2 basic questions: What do I have?
How much of it do I have? Environment,
pharmacy, safety & security, fraud detection,
and healthcare diagnostics.
Asynchronous Applications - correct answer
- Patient-centered and allows consumers to
participate in their own care by using
designated health technology to share health
metrics and data with their healthcare
provider via technology (remote patient-
monitoring - the use of devices to capture
patient data at one location and then
transmit it electronically to healthcare
professionals at a different location, allowing
the review of data for clinical decision-
making, i.e. MobileHealth).
Audit Trails - correct answer - Software that
is used for detecting security violations,
performance problems, and flaws. Records
activity by users and system. Goal is to
improve data integrity. Audit trails are only
