HIM 3101 Exam 1 Study Guide PREP
STUDY QUESTIONS
Patient record - Answers:a primary source of health data and information for health care
industry; can be paper-based, electronic, or a combination of both
Hybrid record - Answers:paper-based, electronic or a combination of both
Data - Answers:raw facts, characters, or symbols that, when organized and processed to produce
meaning, result in information
Record - Answers:a body of known or recorded facts regarding someone or something
Secondary data - Answers:data from the record that are stored in government and private
databases
Legal health record (LHR) - Answers:a legal document, the patient record is defined as a record
that is "generated at or for a healthcare organization as its business record and is the record that
would be released upon request.
Clinical data - Answers:captured during the process of diagnosis and treatment, supports direct
patient care and is used for health care reimbursement, planning, and research purposes
Epidemiological databases - Answers:aggregated data about a population, reveals disease trends
Demographic data - Answers:used to provide unique identification of individual, patient, health
care provider
Financial data - Answers:derived from care process, used individual for patient billing,
reimbursement, and in aggregate for understanding clinical cost of health care, rules for
reimbursement and organizations of financial well-being
, Research data - Answers:collected as part of care or gathered for specific research purposes or
clinic trials
Coded data - Answers:data translated into a code using standard nomenclature or classification
system that may be aggregated, analyzed, and compared for decision-making purposes
COP - conditions of participations - Answers:spelled out for health care providers the regulations
that they must follow to be reimbursed for health care given to patients who use Medicare and
Medicaid as their payment source
AHIMA Foundation - Answers:a separate, incorporate affiliate organization that actively
supports people, research, resources, and education in the HIM profession
Associate Degree HIM - Answers:possesses technical expertise in health data collection,
analysis, monitoring, maintenance, and reporting activities in accordance with established data
quality principles, legal and regulatory standards, and professional best practice guidelines
Baccalaureate Degree HIM - Answers:possesses expertise to develop, implement, or manage
individual, aggregate, and public health care data collection and reporting systems.
Master's Degree HIM - Answers:Engages in executive level, enterprise-wide, administrative,
research, or applied health informatics activities
What is the highest level of education offered by HIM programs? - Answers:Master's Degree
HIM
Licensure, accreditation and certification are used by... - Answers:...government and
nongovernment agencies as a means to protect the public from individuals who have not met the
standards of practice prescribed by a given state or profession
Licensure - Answers:occurs at the state level and is overseen by a state licensing board or agency
STUDY QUESTIONS
Patient record - Answers:a primary source of health data and information for health care
industry; can be paper-based, electronic, or a combination of both
Hybrid record - Answers:paper-based, electronic or a combination of both
Data - Answers:raw facts, characters, or symbols that, when organized and processed to produce
meaning, result in information
Record - Answers:a body of known or recorded facts regarding someone or something
Secondary data - Answers:data from the record that are stored in government and private
databases
Legal health record (LHR) - Answers:a legal document, the patient record is defined as a record
that is "generated at or for a healthcare organization as its business record and is the record that
would be released upon request.
Clinical data - Answers:captured during the process of diagnosis and treatment, supports direct
patient care and is used for health care reimbursement, planning, and research purposes
Epidemiological databases - Answers:aggregated data about a population, reveals disease trends
Demographic data - Answers:used to provide unique identification of individual, patient, health
care provider
Financial data - Answers:derived from care process, used individual for patient billing,
reimbursement, and in aggregate for understanding clinical cost of health care, rules for
reimbursement and organizations of financial well-being
, Research data - Answers:collected as part of care or gathered for specific research purposes or
clinic trials
Coded data - Answers:data translated into a code using standard nomenclature or classification
system that may be aggregated, analyzed, and compared for decision-making purposes
COP - conditions of participations - Answers:spelled out for health care providers the regulations
that they must follow to be reimbursed for health care given to patients who use Medicare and
Medicaid as their payment source
AHIMA Foundation - Answers:a separate, incorporate affiliate organization that actively
supports people, research, resources, and education in the HIM profession
Associate Degree HIM - Answers:possesses technical expertise in health data collection,
analysis, monitoring, maintenance, and reporting activities in accordance with established data
quality principles, legal and regulatory standards, and professional best practice guidelines
Baccalaureate Degree HIM - Answers:possesses expertise to develop, implement, or manage
individual, aggregate, and public health care data collection and reporting systems.
Master's Degree HIM - Answers:Engages in executive level, enterprise-wide, administrative,
research, or applied health informatics activities
What is the highest level of education offered by HIM programs? - Answers:Master's Degree
HIM
Licensure, accreditation and certification are used by... - Answers:...government and
nongovernment agencies as a means to protect the public from individuals who have not met the
standards of practice prescribed by a given state or profession
Licensure - Answers:occurs at the state level and is overseen by a state licensing board or agency
