WGU C427 Topic 3 Exam Questions
and Answers
What is Health Informatics? - ANSWER-The practice of acquiring, studying and
managing health data and applying medical concepts in conjunction with health
information technology systems to help clinicians provide better .
What is the role & responsibility of a Chief Medical Officer (CMO) - ANSWER-
Oversee the decisions and operations of physicians and other clinical personnel
providing services within the context of a health services organization.
What is the role & responsibility of a Chief Information Officer (CIO) - ANSWER-
Oversees all HMIS applications and technology procurement, acceptance and
adoption practices throughout the healthcare services organization and responsible
for the alignment of corporate and HMIS strategic goals and objectives including use
of IT to improve administrative efficiencies and clinical productivity and effectiveness.
What is the roles & responsibility of a Chief Technology Officer (CTO)? - ANSWER-
Oversees the throughput, accuracy, speed and availability and reliability of an
organizations HMIS, improving the efficiency of IT systems, and the appropriate
implementation of hardware, software, communication and network technology
solutions.
What are the roles & responsilbilty of a Chief Security Officer (CSO)? - ANSWER-
Oversees the security and backup of HMIS applications and developing strategies
including safeguarding HMIS technology applications against attacks from hackers
and viruses.
What are the roles & responsibilities of the Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO)? -
ANSWER-Oversees the gathering, maintaining and disseminating of the health
organizations knowledge, designing the organizational programs and systems to
ease on the reuse of knowledge among knowledge-enabled organization.
What is the PODC model steps? - ANSWER-Planning, Organizing, Directing, and
Controllinga
What does Planning in PODC involve? - ANSWER-Vision & Mission, planning is
initiated.
Enviro assesment, strategy formulation & policy development
What does organizing in PODC involve? - ANSWER-Structure is capable of carrying
out vision. Types of organizational structure: Divisional, Functional, Matrix.
Organizational design
What are the organizational structures? - ANSWER-1. Divisional
2. Functional
3. Matrix
and Answers
What is Health Informatics? - ANSWER-The practice of acquiring, studying and
managing health data and applying medical concepts in conjunction with health
information technology systems to help clinicians provide better .
What is the role & responsibility of a Chief Medical Officer (CMO) - ANSWER-
Oversee the decisions and operations of physicians and other clinical personnel
providing services within the context of a health services organization.
What is the role & responsibility of a Chief Information Officer (CIO) - ANSWER-
Oversees all HMIS applications and technology procurement, acceptance and
adoption practices throughout the healthcare services organization and responsible
for the alignment of corporate and HMIS strategic goals and objectives including use
of IT to improve administrative efficiencies and clinical productivity and effectiveness.
What is the roles & responsibility of a Chief Technology Officer (CTO)? - ANSWER-
Oversees the throughput, accuracy, speed and availability and reliability of an
organizations HMIS, improving the efficiency of IT systems, and the appropriate
implementation of hardware, software, communication and network technology
solutions.
What are the roles & responsilbilty of a Chief Security Officer (CSO)? - ANSWER-
Oversees the security and backup of HMIS applications and developing strategies
including safeguarding HMIS technology applications against attacks from hackers
and viruses.
What are the roles & responsibilities of the Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO)? -
ANSWER-Oversees the gathering, maintaining and disseminating of the health
organizations knowledge, designing the organizational programs and systems to
ease on the reuse of knowledge among knowledge-enabled organization.
What is the PODC model steps? - ANSWER-Planning, Organizing, Directing, and
Controllinga
What does Planning in PODC involve? - ANSWER-Vision & Mission, planning is
initiated.
Enviro assesment, strategy formulation & policy development
What does organizing in PODC involve? - ANSWER-Structure is capable of carrying
out vision. Types of organizational structure: Divisional, Functional, Matrix.
Organizational design
What are the organizational structures? - ANSWER-1. Divisional
2. Functional
3. Matrix
