WGU C427 TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN
HEALTHCARE EXAM 2024-2025
Healthcare Management Information System (HMIS) - Answer One of the six basic
building elements for a stronger healthcare system. Is a data collection system that
is specifically developed to help health facilities and organizations plan, monitor,
and make decisions.
Protected Health Information (PHI) - Answer The HIPAA Privacy Rule offers
federal
protects personal health information maintained by covered businesses and grants
patients a variety of rights about that information. At the same time, the Privacy
Rule is balanced so that it allows the disclosure of personal health information
required for patient care and other
Important purposes.
The Health Information Portability and Protection Act
HIPAA - ANSWER The United States Congress passed legislation on August 21,
1996, to accelerate the development of data standards to improve the privacy,
confidentiality, integrity, and security aspects of personal health information, as
well as to simplify the movement of individual patients' protected health
information (PHI) between healthcare professionals and other
covered entities that require the information.
such as insurance companies.
Health Level 7 (HL7) - Answer ANSI-accredited system development group whose
goal is to promote interoperability for interchange.
of healthcare data. The term "Level Seven" refers to
,The application level is the most advanced level of the ISO communications
paradigm for open-systems interconnection (OSI).12 Built on current production
protocols, primarily those from ASTM Standard 1238. It operates as a nonprofit.
Volunteer, vendor, and provider-supported
organization to encourage information scientists and various professionals in the
healthcare area to work towards the creation of standards for the management,
processing, integration, and
The interchange of electronic health information.
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) - ANSWER oversees the
production, dissemination, and usage of thousands of standards and guidelines.
that have a direct impact on firms in almost every industry, including acoustic
devices, construction equipment, dairy and animal production, energy distribution,
and many more. Also actively involved in accreditation, which involves analyzing
the competence of companies and determining adherence to standards.
Health Information Exchange (HIE) - ANSWER enables doctors, nurses,
pharmacists, other health care providers, and patients to access and securely
communicate a patient's important medical information electronically, enhancing
the timeliness, quality, safety, and cost of patient treatment.
Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine
(DICOM): ANSWER The standard for communicating and managing medical
imaging information.
and related data.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community dedicated
to developing open
Standards for ensuring the long-term growth of the Web.
, Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) is an
ANSWER provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Created to
Encourage the use of electronic health records (EHR) and related technology in the
United States. Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS): Computer tools
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) - Answer A computer application
that allows a physician's orders for diagnostic and therapeutic services (such as
drugs, lab work, and other tests) to be input electronically rather than on order
forms or prescription pads.
The computer compares the order with
Standards for dosage, allergy tests, or
It monitors interactions with other medications and alerts the physician to potential
concerns.
Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) - A software system for recording,
managing, and
Stores clinical laboratory data. Historically, most adept at sending
Laboratory test orders for lab instruments,
track the orders, and then record the
findings, usually in a searchable database.
Logical Observation Identifiers, Names, and Codes (LOINC) is a classification
scheme for identifying
Laboratory findings and clinical observations
Systematic Nomenclature of Medicine