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Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is Health Information Management defined as? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
discipline that focuses on health care data and the management of health care information in the
electronic, paper, hybrid, images, verbal/audio format in combination with the translation of data
in these formats to usable forms of information for the advancement of health and health care of
individuals and populations
What is Health Informatics defined as? - CORRECT ANSWER - The intersection of
clinical sciences in which the application of computers in medicine and health care are used
together with management practices that promote the proper implementation, use and
maintenance of health information systems
What is the LOHIM? - CORRECT ANSWER - The document that contains the curriculum
required to be taught by all accredited programs across Canada
Coding classification specialist and business intelligence analyst would be? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Considered entry level HIM roles
The role of a Chief privacy officer would be considered? - CORRECT ANSWER - An
advanced level HIM role
What is the a primary concern to admin and managers that depend on the collection if health
information for planning and managing resources? - CORRECT ANSWER - Data Quality
At what stage are most Canadian health facilities at based on the HIMSS analytical framework? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Stage 3
The implementation of this will eliminate many clerical positions and alter the roles of the HIM -
CORRECT ANSWER - Electronic Health Information System technology
, How many steps are there in the life cycle of information management? - CORRECT
ANSWER -7
What year was the LOHIM revised? - CORRECT ANSWER - 2010
What have been linked to improved health outcomes, which are measured using the data
collected and analyzed by HIM professionals - CORRECT ANSWER - Health care
reimbursements
What would include missing operative reports at the time of coding, misplaced laboratory reports
and incomplete listing of conditions - CORRECT ANSWER - Data quality issues
The intersection of clinical, information management/information technology and management
practices to achieve better health - CORRECT ANSWER - Health informatics
What is Canada's Health Informatics Association? - CORRECT ANSWER - COACH
The term used to describe the processes of the collection, organization, storage, and retention,
access, dissemenation, analysis and interpretation and destruction of health information -
CORRECT ANSWER - Lifecycle
Roles that would include developing a data dictionary, ROI analyst and data integrity analyst -
CORRECT ANSWER - Entry level roles
Includes the role of ROI - CORRECT ANSWER - Privacy
What is the role of CHIMA? - CORRECT ANSWER - Strengthening member relations,
communications and marketing, business and research development, evolution of CCHIM,
promoting the profession, ensuring HIM professionals are prepared to meet the challenges of
tomorrow