WGU C810 Principle & AHIMA
Characteristics Already Passed
Accuracy ✔✔Data that is free from error
Accessibility ✔✔Data items should be easily obtainable and legal to access
Comprehensiveness ✔✔All required data items
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WGU C810 Principle & AHIMA
Characteristics Already Passed
Accuracy ✔✔Data that is free from error
Accessibility ✔✔Data items should be easily obtainable and legal to access
Comprehensiveness ✔✔All required data items are included. • Ensure that the entire scope of the
data is collected.
Timeliness ✔✔information being available to users early enough to allow them to use it in the
decision process
Precision ✔✔a measure of how close a series of measurements are
Granularity ✔✔refers to the level of detail in the model or the decision-making process
Currency ✔✔Many types of healthcare data become obsolete after a period of time. A patient's
admitting diagnosis is often changed by the time he or she is discharged If a clinician needed a
current diagnosis
Definition ✔✔Clear definitions should be provided so that current and future data users will
know what the data mean. Each data element should have a clear meaning and acceptable values.
Relevancy ✔✔Data must be relevant to the purpose for which they are collected
Consistency/Reliability ✔✔describes data that is unaffected when used across all applications
and systems
Principle of Accountability ✔✔An accountable member of senior leadership shall oversee the IG
program and delegate responsibility for information management to appropriate individuals.
Principle of Transparency ✔✔An organization's processes and activities relating to IG shall be
documented in an open and verifiable manner.
Principle of Integrity ✔✔a principle in the APA Ethics Code stating that psychologists should be
honest and truthful, and should not engage in fraud
Principle of Protection ✔✔An IG program must ensure that the appropriate levels of protection
from breach, corruption, and loss are provided for information that is private, confidential, secret,
classified, essential to business continuity, or otherwise requires protection.
Principle of Compliance ✔✔An IG program shall be constructed to comply with applicable laws,
regulations, standards, and organizational policies.
Principle of Availability ✔✔An organization shall maintain information in a manner that ensures
timely, accurate, and efficient retrieval.
Principle of Retention ✔✔An organization shall maintain its information for an appropriate time,
taking into account its legal, regulatory, fiscal, operational, risk, and historical requirements.
Principle of Disposition ✔✔An organization shall provide secure and appropriate disposition for
information no longer required to be maintained by applicable laws and the organization's
policies .
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