WGU C810 Foundations in Healthcare Data Management
WGU C810 FOUNDATIONS IN
HEALTHCARE DATA MANAGEMENT
180 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
1. 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?: Closed-record review
2. Which guideline should an health information management (HIM)
professional follow for documentation of both paper and electronic records?:
Original documents should be maintained in the health record.
3. Which data type is a cardiac catheterization examination note an example
of?: Unstructured data
4. A paragraph in a physician's order specifies information about a patient's
discharge. Which type of data is described in this scenario?: Unstructured
5. 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?: Disposition
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6. 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?:
Protection
7. 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?: Availability
8. What does a stakeholder analysis of a data governance system identify?: -
Needs of those interested in the data
9. Which organization requires reporting of medical malpractice payments,
federal licensure and certification actions, and adverse clinical privileges
actions?: National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
10. What is the name of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
external audit program that works to reduce Medicare improper payments?: -
RACs
11. Which assessment do the Conditions of Participation require all home
health agencies to electronically report?: OASIS
12. To which organization must a sentinel event be reported?: The Joint
Commission
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13. Which model describes the information that flows to more than one regional
clinical data repository (CDR) and requested records sent from one regional
authority?: Federated
14. 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?: Centralized
15. Which quality characteristic describes data that is unaffected when used
across all applications and systems?: Consistency
16. 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?: Execute the continuity plan
17. An acute care facility is concerned with identity theft and wants to update
policies to detect identity theft in day-to-day operations, take steps to prevent
the crime, and mitigate its damage. Which prevention program element should
the facility update?: Red Flags Rule
18. Which method of disposal would cause compliance issues for records that
have met their required retention?: Records that are trashed once reaching their
retention
19. A hospital's chief executive officer (CEO) notices a spike in complaints
about a certain unit and wants to know the average number of patients
admitted to that unit in order to monitor staff need. Where should the CEO
look for this data?: Daily census report
WGU C810 FOUNDATIONS IN
HEALTHCARE DATA MANAGEMENT
180 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
1. 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?: Closed-record review
2. Which guideline should an health information management (HIM)
professional follow for documentation of both paper and electronic records?:
Original documents should be maintained in the health record.
3. Which data type is a cardiac catheterization examination note an example
of?: Unstructured data
4. A paragraph in a physician's order specifies information about a patient's
discharge. Which type of data is described in this scenario?: Unstructured
5. 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?: Disposition
, WGU C810 Foundations in Healthcare Data Management
6. 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?:
Protection
7. 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?: Availability
8. What does a stakeholder analysis of a data governance system identify?: -
Needs of those interested in the data
9. Which organization requires reporting of medical malpractice payments,
federal licensure and certification actions, and adverse clinical privileges
actions?: National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
10. What is the name of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
external audit program that works to reduce Medicare improper payments?: -
RACs
11. Which assessment do the Conditions of Participation require all home
health agencies to electronically report?: OASIS
12. To which organization must a sentinel event be reported?: The Joint
Commission
, WGU C810 Foundations in Healthcare Data Management
13. Which model describes the information that flows to more than one regional
clinical data repository (CDR) and requested records sent from one regional
authority?: Federated
14. 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?: Centralized
15. Which quality characteristic describes data that is unaffected when used
across all applications and systems?: Consistency
16. 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?: Execute the continuity plan
17. An acute care facility is concerned with identity theft and wants to update
policies to detect identity theft in day-to-day operations, take steps to prevent
the crime, and mitigate its damage. Which prevention program element should
the facility update?: Red Flags Rule
18. Which method of disposal would cause compliance issues for records that
have met their required retention?: Records that are trashed once reaching their
retention
19. A hospital's chief executive officer (CEO) notices a spike in complaints
about a certain unit and wants to know the average number of patients
admitted to that unit in order to monitor staff need. Where should the CEO
look for this data?: Daily census report
