WGU C427 - Technology Applications in Healthcare Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions

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WGU C427 - Technology Applications in Healthcare Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions 1. A patient presents to the inpatient unit following surgery. The receiving nurse has not heard a re... port from the operating room nurse. The patient is experiencing great discomfort, and the receiving nurse wishes to see the documentation for any pain medication given by the previous nurse. The leadership has not achieved meaningful use stage 2 yet. Which point of care system software will improve communication? A: laboratory information system, computerized provider order entry, picture archiving communication system, electronic medication administration record ✔✔Computerized Provider Order Entry 2. A medical facility meaningful use objective is to develop a health IT system. The medical facility objective is to improve patient engagement. In order to improve patient engagement it will be necessary to communicate with patients through a patient portal. What will be needed for this implementation? A: open source software, local area network, interoperability protocols, clinical workflow analysis ✔✔Interoperability Protocols 3. Leadership at a healthcare organization implements a new electronic healthcare record system without performing appropriate workflow analysis. The staff stopped using the system within one week and the implementation was unsuccessful. What is the primary issue that contributed to the implementation's failure? A: lack of communication from management, failure to select an appropriate vendor, failure to incorporate legacy data, lack of a physician champion ✔✔Lack of communication from management 4. A healthcare organization implemented a new electronic health records system using an inhouse server. From the first week of go-live, users complained that the system was too slow and was unusable when a lot of users were entering data at the same time. The information technology department has determined the issue to be an infrastructure problem. What should have been the foreseeable cause of the system performance problem? A: The user access privileges are inadequate, the network cable runs are too long, the server room is too hot, the server was configured incorrectly ✔✔The server was configured incorrectly 5. A patient is at high risk of stroke. The patient's physician is concerned about adherence to the recommended weight loss and diet recommendations. The physician is on an integrated hospital management information system (HMIS). Which documentation format will ensure accurate and timely data is presented to the physician? A: HMIS alerts about out-of-range readings sent to the patient via a patient portal, Data sent to the HMIS form a wearable device that tracks in real time, Manual logging of data in a logbook for entry into the HMIS, Record of symptoms completed by patient via a paper report and faxed to HMIS ✔✔Data sent to the HMIS from a wearable device that tracks in real time 6. A hospital realizes patients are expecting access to personal health records on demand. In response, they want to build a mobile health application that would be widely adopted and meet the needs of the majority of the patients. Which feature of the mobile healthcare application should be the focus to meet these goals? A: Speed and accuracy, Immediate use of emerging platforms, designed for use on specific devices, security and ease of use ✔✔Security and ease of use 7. As part of an enterprise implementation of a new electronic health record, a healthcare organization decides to migrate 10 years of legacy data from the previous system into a cloud. What are two benefits to this organization by doing this? A: quicker learning curve among clinical staff, improved quality assurance testing during implementation phase, decreased data storage costs, presentation of the longitudinal patient record ✔✔1) Decreased data storage costs 2) Presentation of longitudinal patient record 8. Social media has changed the way patients' access and share medical information. One of the most active groups of information seekers is made up of those who suffer from rare or chronic conditions. What does this new technology offer these patients? A: communication with people who have similar conditions, experimental treatment options that are available for use, blogs that are reviewed by medical professionals, research on conditions that has been validated for accuracy ✔✔Communication with people who have similar conditions 9. A patient diagnosed with cancer is searching the internet for more information about the condition. Which website would be helpful to this patient? A: advertisement about cures using essential oils, online support group of patients with the same condition, presentation of oncologists and their biographies, summary of alternative treatments and their success rates ✔✔Online support group of patients with the same condition 10. A privacy officer for a small hospital recently discovered that radiology reports were being emailed by the transcription service to the radiology department to be added to the electronic medical record. Which secure method should be used for transmitting reports? A: transmit files through a direct interface to the electronic medical record, transmit files in PDF format so they cannot be edited by those attaching them to the electronic health record, set up a local area network for transmitting the files directly to the department, send and receive dictation and transcribed files through a HIPAA-compliant transcription application service ✔✔Send and receive dictation and transcribed files through a HIPAA- compliant transcription application service 11. 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 ✔✔Patients may leave paper copies behind in areas accessible to other patients 12. 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 ✔✔CPOE 13. 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 ✔✔ICD 9/10 procedure codes 14. 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? [Show More]

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