HIMT 1100 Introduction to HIT Exam
1928 - -The first professional association for health information managers was
established in what year?
1918 - -The hospital standardization program was started by the American College of
Surgeons in what year?
Accreditation - -The formal approval process for academic programs in health
information management is called what?
Certification - -The formal process for conferring a health information management
credential is called what?
False (also the Council on Certification (CCHIIM) and the CAHIIM) - -T/F: Only the
AHIMA board of directors are elected to their positions by AHIMA members.
house of delegates - -Legislative body of AHIMA.
Engage (Formerly called Communities of Practice (CoP)) - -Make up a virtual network of
AHIMA members who communicate via a web-based program managed by AHIMA.
AHIMA Foundation - -An arm of AHIMA that actively promotes education and research
in HIM.
True - -T/F: The mission of the AHIMA: Community of professionals providing support to
members and strengthening the industry and profession.
NCRA (National Cancer Registrars Association) - -Which professional organization
sponsors the CTR (Certified Tumor Registrar) certification?
false (Have to take certification exam and each specific requirement must be met.) - -
T/F: The only requirements for professional certification through the AHIMA are
graduating from an accredited two-year or four-year educatoinal program.
house of delegates - -Who is responsible for final approval of the AHIMA Code of
Ethics?
Accreditation - -Which program of AHIMA is concerned with establishing standards for
the content of college programs in HIT and HIM?
true - -T/F: The primary function of the American Health Information Management
Association is to Promote the accuracy, confidentiality, and accessibility of health
records in every healthcare setting.
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raise the standards of surgical practice. - -The primary goal of the Hospital
Standardization Program was to:
elected by members in state component organizations. - -Members of the AHIMA
House of Delegates are:
Data resource administrator - -The new opportunity for HIM professionals that deals
with data repositories and data warehouses.
Active Membership - -Which of the following classes of AHIMA membership requires
that individuals hold an AHIMA credential?
Board of Directors - -Responsible for managing the property, affairs, and operations of
AHIMA.
Data administration - -Not a traditional medical records function.
CAHIIM - -Accredits academic programs in health information management.
HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) - -Which
organization's goal is centered on health information technology?
continuum of care - -Places emphasis on treating individual patients at the level of care
required by their courses of treatment and extends from their primary care providers to
specialists and ancillary providers.
17.5 - -As of 2014, what percent of the U.S. economy was represented by healthcare
spending?
true - -T/F: Occupational therapists are concerned with a patient's activities of daily
living.
False (Medicaid pays the Medicare premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance costs) - -
T/F: Medicare will pay the Medicaid premiums, deductibles and coinsurance costs for
some low-income Medicaid beneficiaries.
licensed - -Type of beds in a hospital that are defined by those authorized by the state
true - -T/F: To qualify as a Critical Access Hospital, one of the criteria is to be located in
a rural area.
true - -T/F: One of the functions of the board of directors is to approve the organization
and makeup of the clinical staff.
true - -T/F: Hospital-owned group practices are considered ambulatory care
organizations
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