WGU D033 2026 Expert Verifed
Ace the Text
Information System - ANSWER ✔✔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 - 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
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Ace the Text
Information System - ANSWER ✔✔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 - 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
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
