NCE - CHIMA SEVEN COMPETENCIES
(INCLUDED IN EXAM) QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
1. Biomedical Sciences includes - Correct Answers -medical terminology;
anatomy and physiology;
and pathophysiology
2. Health Information Science includes - Correct Answers -system standards; system
design;
data collection and grouping:
(including coding classification, terminologies terminologies and nomenclatures);
nomenclatures); systemmaintenance; and system evaluation
4. Technology and Health Information includes - Correct Answers -computer
technology,
concepts and information applications; assessment, evaluation and selection selection
of new technologies;
system and database database management; management; technologies;
system effectiveness; information assessment of linkage, integration and interfacing
5. Access, Privacy and Security Safeguards of Health Information includes - Correct
Answers -access and disclosure of health information according to legal requirements;
administrative, technical and physical safeguards
for health information;
storage, back‐up, retention and destruction of
health information
6. Ethics and Practice includes - Correct Answers -the role of an HIM professional ‐
past,
present and future;
CHIMA professional practice guidelines and
standards;
professional Code of Ethics; patient advocacy; educational requirements requirements
and credentialing process for HIM professionals in Canada; health information
management organizations;
CHIMA, provincial associations, and the International Federation of Health Record
Organizations (IFHRO)
(INCLUDED IN EXAM) QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
1. Biomedical Sciences includes - Correct Answers -medical terminology;
anatomy and physiology;
and pathophysiology
2. Health Information Science includes - Correct Answers -system standards; system
design;
data collection and grouping:
(including coding classification, terminologies terminologies and nomenclatures);
nomenclatures); systemmaintenance; and system evaluation
4. Technology and Health Information includes - Correct Answers -computer
technology,
concepts and information applications; assessment, evaluation and selection selection
of new technologies;
system and database database management; management; technologies;
system effectiveness; information assessment of linkage, integration and interfacing
5. Access, Privacy and Security Safeguards of Health Information includes - Correct
Answers -access and disclosure of health information according to legal requirements;
administrative, technical and physical safeguards
for health information;
storage, back‐up, retention and destruction of
health information
6. Ethics and Practice includes - Correct Answers -the role of an HIM professional ‐
past,
present and future;
CHIMA professional practice guidelines and
standards;
professional Code of Ethics; patient advocacy; educational requirements requirements
and credentialing process for HIM professionals in Canada; health information
management organizations;
CHIMA, provincial associations, and the International Federation of Health Record
Organizations (IFHRO)
