INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE
HEALTH PROFESSIONS FINAL PAPER
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY SHEET
●● Which of the following information systems would be considered
revenue generating for the HIM department?
Answer: ROI
●● What information system performs part of its activities while the
patient is still admitted and then is updated once the patient is discharged
in order to improve efficiency to get claims submitted in a timely
manner?
Answer: CAC
●● What information system is used to improve the communication
between physicians and HIM staff to clarify information in the health
record to improve its quality by making it more complete and accurate?
Answer: CDI
●● Which software would identify that Dr. Williams needs to dictate and
sign an operative report?
Answer: Chart deficiency
,●● Which of the following systems would be used primarily by
physicians and that may have voice or speech recognition capabilities,
rather than HIM department staff?
Answer: Transcription system
●● Which of the following systems, that is required by HIPAA, can be
queried to determine the percentage of responses to ROIs that are sent to
attorneys, insurance companies, and covered entities?
Answer: Disclosure management system
●● To assist in determining death rates from motor vehicle accidents in
the state, which of the following systems would track follow-up rates?
Answer: Trauma registry
●● To determine the severity of illness, collaborative staging and TNM
staging is performed. This is part of which of the following systems?
Answer: Cancer registry
●● Which of the following systems is used in a hybrid paper and
electronic health record system but is expected to become obsolete when
a fully functional and complete EHR system is in place?
Answer: Chart locator
, ●● Kelly, the CDI specialist, is evaluating the information used by the
coding professionals when they need to code various surgeries. She is
particularly interested in the time lag between the actual surgical
procedure and when the pathology diagnosis is determined. In which
information system would the data element "principal procedure" be
found?
Answer: Encoder/grouper
●● The HIM technician is entering the newborn's APGAR scores, the
weight of the newborn, request for social security number, name of
parents, and other health and demographic information. What system is
being used?
Answer: Birth certificate
●● Sarah is the CDI coordinator and knows that healthcare quality
indicator reporting is used to help performance improvement for
healthcare professionals delivering patient care. She needs to hire an
employee who is meticulous and detail-oriented to perform what
essential HIM function that provides the data for the healthcare quality
indicator system?
Answer: Data abstracting
●● Which of the following statements is true?
Answer: The release of information system's letters communicates with
the requester.
HEALTH PROFESSIONS FINAL PAPER
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY SHEET
●● Which of the following information systems would be considered
revenue generating for the HIM department?
Answer: ROI
●● What information system performs part of its activities while the
patient is still admitted and then is updated once the patient is discharged
in order to improve efficiency to get claims submitted in a timely
manner?
Answer: CAC
●● What information system is used to improve the communication
between physicians and HIM staff to clarify information in the health
record to improve its quality by making it more complete and accurate?
Answer: CDI
●● Which software would identify that Dr. Williams needs to dictate and
sign an operative report?
Answer: Chart deficiency
,●● Which of the following systems would be used primarily by
physicians and that may have voice or speech recognition capabilities,
rather than HIM department staff?
Answer: Transcription system
●● Which of the following systems, that is required by HIPAA, can be
queried to determine the percentage of responses to ROIs that are sent to
attorneys, insurance companies, and covered entities?
Answer: Disclosure management system
●● To assist in determining death rates from motor vehicle accidents in
the state, which of the following systems would track follow-up rates?
Answer: Trauma registry
●● To determine the severity of illness, collaborative staging and TNM
staging is performed. This is part of which of the following systems?
Answer: Cancer registry
●● Which of the following systems is used in a hybrid paper and
electronic health record system but is expected to become obsolete when
a fully functional and complete EHR system is in place?
Answer: Chart locator
, ●● Kelly, the CDI specialist, is evaluating the information used by the
coding professionals when they need to code various surgeries. She is
particularly interested in the time lag between the actual surgical
procedure and when the pathology diagnosis is determined. In which
information system would the data element "principal procedure" be
found?
Answer: Encoder/grouper
●● The HIM technician is entering the newborn's APGAR scores, the
weight of the newborn, request for social security number, name of
parents, and other health and demographic information. What system is
being used?
Answer: Birth certificate
●● Sarah is the CDI coordinator and knows that healthcare quality
indicator reporting is used to help performance improvement for
healthcare professionals delivering patient care. She needs to hire an
employee who is meticulous and detail-oriented to perform what
essential HIM function that provides the data for the healthcare quality
indicator system?
Answer: Data abstracting
●● Which of the following statements is true?
Answer: The release of information system's letters communicates with
the requester.
