CHIMA EXAM PREP - Health Information
Management / Health Information Systems /
Moving Towards an HER UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which stage is stated to be the most important stage in the health information lifecycle?
a. Maintenance and protection
b. Information management planning
c. Evaluation
d. Capture and collection - CORRECT ANSWER - b. Information management planning
Which stage of the health information life cycle ensures that necessary safeguards are in place
for the appropriate use of patient information?
a. Governance and accountability
b. Capture and collection
c. Disposition
d. Access, use and dissemination - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Governance and
accountability
If a healthcare organization plans to exchange health information with other organizations, the
data created must meet what international standard?
a. CIHI
b. EHRS BluePrint Version 2
c. IHE Cross Document Sharing profile
, d. Heath Level Seven International (HL7) - CORRECT ANSWER - d. Heath Level Seven
International (HL7)
An example of unstructured data is:
a. an electrocardiogram
b. digital heart sounds
c. ultrasound data
d. transcribed reports - CORRECT ANSWER - d. transcribed reports
An example of discrete, structured data is:
a. free-text boxes on-line
b. nuclear medicine stored as bit mapped
c. medication orders
d. cardiac catheterizations - CORRECT ANSWER - c. medication orders
What should be developed for direct charting, voice recognition or transcribed documents to
promote the consistent use of language and expression?
a. Organization-specific lists of abbreviations, acronyms and symbols
b. A staff education program on implications to patient safety of misinterpreted truncated words
or characters
c. Templates
d. Data Dictionary - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Templates
Acceptable authentication for electronic records includes the author using a/an:
a. digital signature or computer key
Management / Health Information Systems /
Moving Towards an HER UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which stage is stated to be the most important stage in the health information lifecycle?
a. Maintenance and protection
b. Information management planning
c. Evaluation
d. Capture and collection - CORRECT ANSWER - b. Information management planning
Which stage of the health information life cycle ensures that necessary safeguards are in place
for the appropriate use of patient information?
a. Governance and accountability
b. Capture and collection
c. Disposition
d. Access, use and dissemination - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Governance and
accountability
If a healthcare organization plans to exchange health information with other organizations, the
data created must meet what international standard?
a. CIHI
b. EHRS BluePrint Version 2
c. IHE Cross Document Sharing profile
, d. Heath Level Seven International (HL7) - CORRECT ANSWER - d. Heath Level Seven
International (HL7)
An example of unstructured data is:
a. an electrocardiogram
b. digital heart sounds
c. ultrasound data
d. transcribed reports - CORRECT ANSWER - d. transcribed reports
An example of discrete, structured data is:
a. free-text boxes on-line
b. nuclear medicine stored as bit mapped
c. medication orders
d. cardiac catheterizations - CORRECT ANSWER - c. medication orders
What should be developed for direct charting, voice recognition or transcribed documents to
promote the consistent use of language and expression?
a. Organization-specific lists of abbreviations, acronyms and symbols
b. A staff education program on implications to patient safety of misinterpreted truncated words
or characters
c. Templates
d. Data Dictionary - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Templates
Acceptable authentication for electronic records includes the author using a/an:
a. digital signature or computer key
