WGU C427 TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS
IN HEALTHCARE CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS.
1. A practice must provide patients with a clinical summary at the
conclusion of the visit to meet meaningful use standards. Which risk is
possible when providing patients with clinical summaries after each visit?
A: patients may ask more questions about the lab tests ordered, patients
may leave paper copies behind in areas accessible to other patients, patients
may give a copy of the clinical summary to other physicians, patients may
discuss the clinical summary with family and friends - CORRECT ANSWER -
Patients may leave paper copies behind in areas accessible to other patients
2. A doctor's office is concerned that it needs to find an effective way to
reduce medical error and increase patient safety. Which system will address
these concerns?
A: CDSS, CPOE, CRM, ERP - CORRECT ANSWER -CPOE
3. A hospitals chief operating officer is interested in how many patients
have urology surgery versus other surgeries. Which dataset should be
queried for this information?
A: ICD9/10 procedure code, CMS core measures, ICD 9/10 diagnosis code,
EMR plan of care - CORRECT ANSWER -ICD 9/10 procedure codes
,4. A chief nursing officer noticed that the number of patient complaints
after discharge from the cardiac medical unit increased over the past three
months. The director of client services is requested to identify the top
reasons of patient complaints. Which tool should be used to obtain this
information?
A: customer risk management software, EMR follow-up call module,
customer relationship management software, administrative services
complaint spreadsheet - CORRECT ANSWER -Customer Relationship
Management Software
5. A team leader of a hospital is trying to improve access to personal
medical records as well as educational materials for all people who receive
treatment in the hospital. Which system should the team leader
implement?
A: online patient portal, health information exchange, electronic health
records, clinical database - CORRECT ANSWER -Online patient portal
6. A leader of a steering committee at a local hospital is overseeing the
implementation of a computerized physician order system. In addition, the
team leader is working with the marketing department to advertise the
benefits of the system to providers who may be hesitant to embrace the new
technology. What is one benefit to providers?
A: saving charting time by bundling orders, sending a radiological image
back to the PACS, copying and pasting orders between records, viewing
radiological images online - CORRECT ANSWER -Sending a rodiological image
back to the PACS
, 7. A patient visits a provider and is admitted to the hospital. The hospital
and provider has achieved stage 2 meaningful use and are part of a health
information exchange. How can the admitting hospital use the health
information exchange to obtain this patient's information?
A: access the summary of care record, e-mail the provider, review the
patient portal record, call the provider - CORRECT ANSWER -Access the
summary of care record
8. Two facilities in the same state are members of the state operated health
information exchange (HIE). Both facilities have different electronic health
record (EHR) systems and wish to exchange information with the HIE
system. What should be used?
A: virtual care team, clinical document architecture, interface engine links
to databases, health level 7 standard - CORRECT ANSWER -Health Level 7
Standard
9. A hospital was contacted to join a community-based health information
exchange (HIE). During the initial meeting, representatives from the IT
department discussed the system requirements. The team's goal is to make
sure that data integrity and timeliness is ensured. Which standard will
support the accomplishment of this goal?
A: SNOMED, HL7, HIPAA, LOINC - CORRECT ANSWER -HL7
10. A physician's office sends all urine specimens out to an independent
reference lab for culture. The reference lab is on a different computerized
patient record system that does not interface with the physician's office
system, and results must be entered into the patient's records manually by
the staff at the physician's office. Why is this scenario a concern?
IN HEALTHCARE CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS.
1. A practice must provide patients with a clinical summary at the
conclusion of the visit to meet meaningful use standards. Which risk is
possible when providing patients with clinical summaries after each visit?
A: patients may ask more questions about the lab tests ordered, patients
may leave paper copies behind in areas accessible to other patients, patients
may give a copy of the clinical summary to other physicians, patients may
discuss the clinical summary with family and friends - CORRECT ANSWER -
Patients may leave paper copies behind in areas accessible to other patients
2. A doctor's office is concerned that it needs to find an effective way to
reduce medical error and increase patient safety. Which system will address
these concerns?
A: CDSS, CPOE, CRM, ERP - CORRECT ANSWER -CPOE
3. A hospitals chief operating officer is interested in how many patients
have urology surgery versus other surgeries. Which dataset should be
queried for this information?
A: ICD9/10 procedure code, CMS core measures, ICD 9/10 diagnosis code,
EMR plan of care - CORRECT ANSWER -ICD 9/10 procedure codes
,4. A chief nursing officer noticed that the number of patient complaints
after discharge from the cardiac medical unit increased over the past three
months. The director of client services is requested to identify the top
reasons of patient complaints. Which tool should be used to obtain this
information?
A: customer risk management software, EMR follow-up call module,
customer relationship management software, administrative services
complaint spreadsheet - CORRECT ANSWER -Customer Relationship
Management Software
5. A team leader of a hospital is trying to improve access to personal
medical records as well as educational materials for all people who receive
treatment in the hospital. Which system should the team leader
implement?
A: online patient portal, health information exchange, electronic health
records, clinical database - CORRECT ANSWER -Online patient portal
6. A leader of a steering committee at a local hospital is overseeing the
implementation of a computerized physician order system. In addition, the
team leader is working with the marketing department to advertise the
benefits of the system to providers who may be hesitant to embrace the new
technology. What is one benefit to providers?
A: saving charting time by bundling orders, sending a radiological image
back to the PACS, copying and pasting orders between records, viewing
radiological images online - CORRECT ANSWER -Sending a rodiological image
back to the PACS
, 7. A patient visits a provider and is admitted to the hospital. The hospital
and provider has achieved stage 2 meaningful use and are part of a health
information exchange. How can the admitting hospital use the health
information exchange to obtain this patient's information?
A: access the summary of care record, e-mail the provider, review the
patient portal record, call the provider - CORRECT ANSWER -Access the
summary of care record
8. Two facilities in the same state are members of the state operated health
information exchange (HIE). Both facilities have different electronic health
record (EHR) systems and wish to exchange information with the HIE
system. What should be used?
A: virtual care team, clinical document architecture, interface engine links
to databases, health level 7 standard - CORRECT ANSWER -Health Level 7
Standard
9. A hospital was contacted to join a community-based health information
exchange (HIE). During the initial meeting, representatives from the IT
department discussed the system requirements. The team's goal is to make
sure that data integrity and timeliness is ensured. Which standard will
support the accomplishment of this goal?
A: SNOMED, HL7, HIPAA, LOINC - CORRECT ANSWER -HL7
10. A physician's office sends all urine specimens out to an independent
reference lab for culture. The reference lab is on a different computerized
patient record system that does not interface with the physician's office
system, and results must be entered into the patient's records manually by
the staff at the physician's office. Why is this scenario a concern?
