WGU C427 PA Questions & Answers
A patient presents to the inpatient unit following surgery. The receiving nurse has not heard a
report from the operating room (OR) 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? – ✔✔Electronic medication administration record
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? – ✔✔Interoperability protocols
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? – ✔✔Lack of communication from management
A health center attempted to update its electronic health record processes to reduce medication
errors. However, this implementation did not appear to affect the medication error rate.Which
two systems should be used to evaluate the impact on the error rate? Choose 2 answers –
✔✔Risk management incident system
Computerized physician order entry system
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? – ✔✔Data sent to the HMIS from a wearable device
that tracks in real time
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? – ✔✔Security and ease of use
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?Choose 2 answers – ✔✔Decreased
data storage costs
Preservation of the longitudinal patient record
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? – ✔✔Communication with
people who have similar conditions