HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
Which organization's goal is centered on health information technology?
Ans✓✓✓HIMSS
Which of the following is a traditional HIM role? Ans✓✓✓Tracking
record completion
Critique this statement: Once someone has earned the registered health
information technician (RHIT) credential, it is a lifetime certification.
Ans✓✓✓This is incorrect as RHITs have to become recertified by
reporting CEUs
The primary focus of AHIMA is to: Ans✓✓✓Foster professional
development of its members
Which of the following best describes the mission of AHIMA?
Ans✓✓✓Community of professionals providing support to members
and strengthening the industry and profession
The first professional association for health information managers was
established in what year? Ans✓✓✓1928
The new model of HIM practice was Ans✓✓✓Information focused
,The formal approval process for academic programs in health
information management is called which of the following?
Ans✓✓✓Accreditation
The requirement for an HIM professional to comply with all laws,
regulations, and standards governing the practice of HIM is in the
AHIMA _________. Ans✓✓✓Code of ethics
The accountability framework and decision rights to achieve enterprise
information management is known as: Ans✓✓✓Information
Governance
What is the name of the process to determine whether medical care
provided to a specific patient is necessary according to pre-establised
objective screening criteria at time frames specified Ans✓✓✓Utilization
Review
To "create social and physical enviroments that promote good health for
all" is a goal of which of the following organizations? Ans✓✓✓Healthy
People 2020
HITECH was a portion of which bill Ans✓✓✓American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009
,One of the most important health issues in the United States is Long-
Term Care. List two principal reasons for this: Ans✓✓✓People are
living longer today than they did in the past as a result of advances in
medicine and healthcare practices.
An increase in the birth rate after World War II, baby-boomer
generation.
The mission of the QIOs is to ensure________________
Ans✓✓✓quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of the healthcare
services provided to Medicare beneficiaries in its locale.
Which of the following places an emphasis on treating individual
patients at the level of care required by their course of treatment and
extends from their primary care providers to specialists and ancillary
providers Ans✓✓✓Continuum of care
Which of the following federal laws created Medicare and Medicaid?
Ans✓✓✓Public Law 89-97 of 1965
Patients in hospice care are expected to live a maximum of ____ days.
Ans✓✓✓180
Two types of practioners can hold the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
They are: Ans✓✓✓Physician and Surgeon
, Which of the following is part of qualitative analysis review?
Ans✓✓✓Checking that only approved abbreviations are used
Deficiencies in a health record include which of the following?
Ans✓✓✓Missing document
The specific number of days defined in the medical staff rules and
regulations for a delinquent medical record varies between how many
days? Ans✓✓✓15-30 Days
How many linear filing inches can a shelving unit hold based on the
following data?
Shelving unit shelf width: 36 inches
Number of shelves per unit: 9 shelves
Average record thickness: 1/2 inch Ans✓✓✓324
Monitor bioterrorism activity Ans✓✓✓Public Health
Serve as evidence in litigation Ans✓✓✓Legal, accreditation, and policy
development
Prepare conferences and presentations Ans✓✓✓Education of healthcare
professionals
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
Which organization's goal is centered on health information technology?
Ans✓✓✓HIMSS
Which of the following is a traditional HIM role? Ans✓✓✓Tracking
record completion
Critique this statement: Once someone has earned the registered health
information technician (RHIT) credential, it is a lifetime certification.
Ans✓✓✓This is incorrect as RHITs have to become recertified by
reporting CEUs
The primary focus of AHIMA is to: Ans✓✓✓Foster professional
development of its members
Which of the following best describes the mission of AHIMA?
Ans✓✓✓Community of professionals providing support to members
and strengthening the industry and profession
The first professional association for health information managers was
established in what year? Ans✓✓✓1928
The new model of HIM practice was Ans✓✓✓Information focused
,The formal approval process for academic programs in health
information management is called which of the following?
Ans✓✓✓Accreditation
The requirement for an HIM professional to comply with all laws,
regulations, and standards governing the practice of HIM is in the
AHIMA _________. Ans✓✓✓Code of ethics
The accountability framework and decision rights to achieve enterprise
information management is known as: Ans✓✓✓Information
Governance
What is the name of the process to determine whether medical care
provided to a specific patient is necessary according to pre-establised
objective screening criteria at time frames specified Ans✓✓✓Utilization
Review
To "create social and physical enviroments that promote good health for
all" is a goal of which of the following organizations? Ans✓✓✓Healthy
People 2020
HITECH was a portion of which bill Ans✓✓✓American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009
,One of the most important health issues in the United States is Long-
Term Care. List two principal reasons for this: Ans✓✓✓People are
living longer today than they did in the past as a result of advances in
medicine and healthcare practices.
An increase in the birth rate after World War II, baby-boomer
generation.
The mission of the QIOs is to ensure________________
Ans✓✓✓quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of the healthcare
services provided to Medicare beneficiaries in its locale.
Which of the following places an emphasis on treating individual
patients at the level of care required by their course of treatment and
extends from their primary care providers to specialists and ancillary
providers Ans✓✓✓Continuum of care
Which of the following federal laws created Medicare and Medicaid?
Ans✓✓✓Public Law 89-97 of 1965
Patients in hospice care are expected to live a maximum of ____ days.
Ans✓✓✓180
Two types of practioners can hold the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
They are: Ans✓✓✓Physician and Surgeon
, Which of the following is part of qualitative analysis review?
Ans✓✓✓Checking that only approved abbreviations are used
Deficiencies in a health record include which of the following?
Ans✓✓✓Missing document
The specific number of days defined in the medical staff rules and
regulations for a delinquent medical record varies between how many
days? Ans✓✓✓15-30 Days
How many linear filing inches can a shelving unit hold based on the
following data?
Shelving unit shelf width: 36 inches
Number of shelves per unit: 9 shelves
Average record thickness: 1/2 inch Ans✓✓✓324
Monitor bioterrorism activity Ans✓✓✓Public Health
Serve as evidence in litigation Ans✓✓✓Legal, accreditation, and policy
development
Prepare conferences and presentations Ans✓✓✓Education of healthcare
professionals
