WGU D033 2023 EXAM 170 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS|AGRADE
Information System - ANSWERan 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 - ANSWERsoftware applications that handle patient accounts,
budgets, and other financial activities
Mainframe computers - ANSWERlarge computers that are used by the government and
other organizations that require speed and the ability to process large amounts of data.
Dumb Terminals - ANSWERall of the processing is performed at the server or
mainframe
Cloud Computing - ANSWERa system that operates on a computer that is owned and
maintained by a vendor.
Intranet - ANSWERa 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 - ANSWERthe exchange of health information
electronically between providers and others with the same level of interoperability.
Evidence-based medicine - ANSWERhealthcare services based on clinical methods
that have been thoroughly tested through controlled, peer-reviewed biomedical studies
Clinical pathways - ANSWERa tool designed to coordinate multidisciplinary care
planning for specific diagnoses and treatments
clinical practice guidelines - ANSWERprovide 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 - ANSWERscientific 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 - ANSWERthe science of examining raw data with the purpose of
drawing conclusions about that information
, WGU D033 2023 EXAM 170 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS|AGRADE
Data mining - ANSWERprocess 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 - ANSWERreports of process measures to help leaders follow progress to
assist with strategic planning
descriptive statistics - ANSWERset 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 - ANSWERset of statistical techniques that allows researchers to
make generalizations about a population's characteristics on the basis of a sample's
characteristics,
predictive modeling - ANSWERprocess 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) - ANSWERadvanced certification covers data
management, data analytics, and data reporting
Clinical Information Systems - ANSWERcollects and stores medical, nursing, clinical
ancillary areas (such as radiology and laboratory), and therapy department information
related to patient care
document management system - ANSWERelectronic method of capturing and
managing documents.
target sheets - ANSWERpages that contain only a barcode that tells the scanner and,
ultimately, the computer the content of the pages that follow
file server - ANSWERlarge PC or other computer that is extremely powerful and has a
large amount of memory and magnetic hard drive
abstracting and quality control workstation - ANSWERworkstation is used for indexing
and quality control
backscanning - ANSWERprocess of scanning past health records into the DMS so
there is an existing database of patient information
symbiology - ANSWERformat; for barcodes it is Code 39, also known as Code 3 of 9
CORRECT ANSWERS|AGRADE
Information System - ANSWERan 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 - ANSWERsoftware applications that handle patient accounts,
budgets, and other financial activities
Mainframe computers - ANSWERlarge computers that are used by the government and
other organizations that require speed and the ability to process large amounts of data.
Dumb Terminals - ANSWERall of the processing is performed at the server or
mainframe
Cloud Computing - ANSWERa system that operates on a computer that is owned and
maintained by a vendor.
Intranet - ANSWERa 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 - ANSWERthe exchange of health information
electronically between providers and others with the same level of interoperability.
Evidence-based medicine - ANSWERhealthcare services based on clinical methods
that have been thoroughly tested through controlled, peer-reviewed biomedical studies
Clinical pathways - ANSWERa tool designed to coordinate multidisciplinary care
planning for specific diagnoses and treatments
clinical practice guidelines - ANSWERprovide 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 - ANSWERscientific 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 - ANSWERthe science of examining raw data with the purpose of
drawing conclusions about that information
, WGU D033 2023 EXAM 170 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS|AGRADE
Data mining - ANSWERprocess 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 - ANSWERreports of process measures to help leaders follow progress to
assist with strategic planning
descriptive statistics - ANSWERset 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 - ANSWERset of statistical techniques that allows researchers to
make generalizations about a population's characteristics on the basis of a sample's
characteristics,
predictive modeling - ANSWERprocess 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) - ANSWERadvanced certification covers data
management, data analytics, and data reporting
Clinical Information Systems - ANSWERcollects and stores medical, nursing, clinical
ancillary areas (such as radiology and laboratory), and therapy department information
related to patient care
document management system - ANSWERelectronic method of capturing and
managing documents.
target sheets - ANSWERpages that contain only a barcode that tells the scanner and,
ultimately, the computer the content of the pages that follow
file server - ANSWERlarge PC or other computer that is extremely powerful and has a
large amount of memory and magnetic hard drive
abstracting and quality control workstation - ANSWERworkstation is used for indexing
and quality control
backscanning - ANSWERprocess of scanning past health records into the DMS so
there is an existing database of patient information
symbiology - ANSWERformat; for barcodes it is Code 39, also known as Code 3 of 9
