CAHIMS REVIEW PRACTICE ASSESSMENT
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
●● With regards to healthcare providers' documentation of progress
notes, the acronym SOAP stands for
Standard Optional Assessment Plan.
Subjective Objective Assessment Plan.
Standard Optional Alternative Plan.
Subjective Objective Alternative Plan.
Answer: Subjective Objective Assessment Plan.
●● Having a data warehouse with operational measures, goals,
benchmarks, and current achievements is an example of what sustaining
function of hospital operational infrastructure?
Boundary spanning
Forecasting
Knowledge Management
Corporate Design
Answer: Knowledge Management
,●● A CIO is updating the organization's strategic goals. The CIO begins
by forming a steering committee. Which of the following is the primary
function of this group?
Define detailed focus areas.
Establish deliverables.
Furnish the resources to do the work.
Serve as a test market for approaches and solutions.
Answer: Establish deliverables.
●● The IT department receives an annual update for the patient
accounting system. Which of the following should be done FIRST?
Notify users that the update will be applied during the next routine
downtime.
Collaborate with stakeholders to develop an installation plan.
Request assistance from the vendor to implement the update.
Review new functionality and impact with end users.
Answer: Review new functionality and impact with end users.
●● Which of the following provides common terminology standards
used in health information and technology?
, CDC
CACREP
EPSI
ICD-10
Answer: ICD-10
●● While gathering requirements for a new EHR system, a clinician
notes that the EHR should permit entry of medication intolerances,
distinguished from true allergies. This should be included in the clinical
requirements because this will
optimize the clinician's workflow.
increase the accuracy of the clinical decision support system (CDSS).
improve interpretation of lab values.
increase the accuracy of the medication administration record (MAR).
Answer: increase the accuracy of the clinical decision support system
(CDSS).
●● Which of the following is the PRIMARY purpose of terminology
standardization in clinical applications?
Privacy
Interoperability
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
●● With regards to healthcare providers' documentation of progress
notes, the acronym SOAP stands for
Standard Optional Assessment Plan.
Subjective Objective Assessment Plan.
Standard Optional Alternative Plan.
Subjective Objective Alternative Plan.
Answer: Subjective Objective Assessment Plan.
●● Having a data warehouse with operational measures, goals,
benchmarks, and current achievements is an example of what sustaining
function of hospital operational infrastructure?
Boundary spanning
Forecasting
Knowledge Management
Corporate Design
Answer: Knowledge Management
,●● A CIO is updating the organization's strategic goals. The CIO begins
by forming a steering committee. Which of the following is the primary
function of this group?
Define detailed focus areas.
Establish deliverables.
Furnish the resources to do the work.
Serve as a test market for approaches and solutions.
Answer: Establish deliverables.
●● The IT department receives an annual update for the patient
accounting system. Which of the following should be done FIRST?
Notify users that the update will be applied during the next routine
downtime.
Collaborate with stakeholders to develop an installation plan.
Request assistance from the vendor to implement the update.
Review new functionality and impact with end users.
Answer: Review new functionality and impact with end users.
●● Which of the following provides common terminology standards
used in health information and technology?
, CDC
CACREP
EPSI
ICD-10
Answer: ICD-10
●● While gathering requirements for a new EHR system, a clinician
notes that the EHR should permit entry of medication intolerances,
distinguished from true allergies. This should be included in the clinical
requirements because this will
optimize the clinician's workflow.
increase the accuracy of the clinical decision support system (CDSS).
improve interpretation of lab values.
increase the accuracy of the medication administration record (MAR).
Answer: increase the accuracy of the clinical decision support system
(CDSS).
●● Which of the following is the PRIMARY purpose of terminology
standardization in clinical applications?
Privacy
Interoperability
