CPHIMS FINAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Hospitals may be classified many different ways. Which of the
following statements is true regarding hospital classification? Answer:
Hospitals may be classified in more than one way, such as an urban
hospital might also be classified as a government-owned hospital or as a
general hospital.
◉ An ambulatory surgery center would be best classified as: Answer: An
outpatient care setting
◉ From the perspective of the healthcare delivery organization,
payments generally come from three types of entities: Answer:
Government-financed and managed programs, insurance programs
managed by private entities and patients' personal funds
◉ In considering the purpose for interrelationships among healthcare
organizations, identify the purpose below that is correct: Answer: Ensure
effective transfers of care facilitated by the provision of essential health
information
◉ Ensuring the general portability of healthcare is facilitated by:
Answer: Health information exchanges (HIEs) such as Canada's Health
, Infoway and the U.S. HIE programs, including the Nationwide Health
Information Network (NwHIN)
◉ An example of the secondary use of a patient's health information
would be when the information is shared: Answer: With public health
officials for statistical reporting or in support of clinical research.
◉ In the financial reimbursement area, the interrelationships between
healthcare organizations: Answer: May assure government payers that
quality healthcare services have been delivered.
◉ Key information technology and information management
professionals in healthcare organizations include the: Answer: Chief
information officer (CIO), chief security officer (CSO), and chief
medical information officer (CMIO)
◉ Non-government professional associations may perform regulatory
roles for their profession. Which of the following is NOT a typical role
for a professional association? Answer: Making laws and regulations
regarding reimbursements for their profession.
◉ Patients have an expectation that healthcare providers will keep health
information entrusted to them: Answer: Private and secure
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Hospitals may be classified many different ways. Which of the
following statements is true regarding hospital classification? Answer:
Hospitals may be classified in more than one way, such as an urban
hospital might also be classified as a government-owned hospital or as a
general hospital.
◉ An ambulatory surgery center would be best classified as: Answer: An
outpatient care setting
◉ From the perspective of the healthcare delivery organization,
payments generally come from three types of entities: Answer:
Government-financed and managed programs, insurance programs
managed by private entities and patients' personal funds
◉ In considering the purpose for interrelationships among healthcare
organizations, identify the purpose below that is correct: Answer: Ensure
effective transfers of care facilitated by the provision of essential health
information
◉ Ensuring the general portability of healthcare is facilitated by:
Answer: Health information exchanges (HIEs) such as Canada's Health
, Infoway and the U.S. HIE programs, including the Nationwide Health
Information Network (NwHIN)
◉ An example of the secondary use of a patient's health information
would be when the information is shared: Answer: With public health
officials for statistical reporting or in support of clinical research.
◉ In the financial reimbursement area, the interrelationships between
healthcare organizations: Answer: May assure government payers that
quality healthcare services have been delivered.
◉ Key information technology and information management
professionals in healthcare organizations include the: Answer: Chief
information officer (CIO), chief security officer (CSO), and chief
medical information officer (CMIO)
◉ Non-government professional associations may perform regulatory
roles for their profession. Which of the following is NOT a typical role
for a professional association? Answer: Making laws and regulations
regarding reimbursements for their profession.
◉ Patients have an expectation that healthcare providers will keep health
information entrusted to them: Answer: Private and secure
