to Higher Performance The New
Patient Care Frank R. Tort
,1. ch10-001
Which statements are true about Health Information Management (HIM)?
a. The HIM field is composed of business, science, and information technology.
b. The HIM profession is responsible for managing and protecting electronic and traditional patient
health information.
c. The HIM department is a multidimensional department that has various key process flows.
d. Some of HIM?s key customers are patients, their families, and caregivers.
*e. All of the above.
2. ch10-002
Which of the following services can HIM provide?
a. Release patient health information to the patient
b. Assist a provider with completing their delinquent deficiencies
c. Assist a patient with making an amendment to their medical record
d. Give a patient their lab results over the phone
*e. a, b, c
f. a, b, c, d
3. ch10-003
Key units of work can help trend monthly productivity.
*a. True
b. False
,4. ch10-004
Electronic health records eliminated all of the issues that previously existed with paper medical
records.
a. True
*b. False
5. ch10-005
Which of the following Health Information Management (HIM) roles should have a bachelor?s
degree or above with a preferred RHIT or RHIA credential?
a. HIM operations manager
b. HIM data analyst
c. HIM project analyst
d. HIM associate director
*e. All of the above
6. ch10-006
Health Information Management adheres to and enforces rules and regulations for which of the
following regulatory bodies and statutes?
a. The Joint Commission
b. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
, c. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
d. Food and Drug Administration
*e. All of the above
1. ch11-001
Language services are required by which type of law?
*a. Federal
b. State
c. International
d. All of the above
2. ch11-002
What methods are used for interpretation in healthcare?
a. In person
b. Telephone
c. Video
*d. All of the above
3. ch11-003
Medical interpreters are required to be nationally certified.
a. Yes
*b. No