CPHIMS Study Guide questions and answers with solutions 2025/2026
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1. C: Among the multiple types of hospital ownership, which is not a common
model?
A. Public (government) owned and managed
B. Private, not for profit (nonprofit)
C. Physician owned D. Private, for profit
2. D: Hospitals may be classified many different ways. Which of the following
statements is true regarding hospital classification?
A. Private hospitals are always for-profit organizations
B. Urban, rural, and children's hospitals are classified by their geographic locations
C. Rural hospitals are most frequently classified as teaching hospitals
D. Hospitals may be classified in more than one way; for example, an urban hospital
might also be classified as a government-owned hospital or as a general hospital
3. B: An ambulatory surgery center would be best classified as
A. A teaching hospital
B. An outpatient care setting
C. A general hospital
D. A rehabilitation hospital
4. B: From the perspective of the healthcare delivery organization, payments
generally come from three types of entities:
A. Employers, employees, and government entities
B. Government-financed and managed programs, insurance programs managed by
private entities, and patients' personal funds
C. National health systems, national insurance systems, and multipayer systems
D. Uninsured, underinsured, and insured
5. A: In considering the purpose for interrelationships among healthcare
organizations, identify the purpose below that is correct:
A. Enable access to comprehensive care services from only one healthcare organi-
zation
B. Ensure effective transfers of care facilitated by the provision of essential health
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information
C. Facilitate obtaining appropriate rewards for care referrals
D. Facilitate marketing of healthcare services regardless of patients' consent
6. A: Ensuring the general portability of healthcare is facilitated by
A. Health information exchanges (HIEs) such as Canada's Health Infoway and the
U.S. HIE programs, including the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN)
B. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
C. Insurance programs administered by private entities
D. The secondary use of healthcare information
7. D: An example of the secondary use of a patient's health information would be
when the information is shared
A. To support transfer of the patient's care between two providers
B. Through an authorized health information exchange to support the portability of
care
C. In support of a diagnostic test required to further the treatment of a patient
D. With public health officials for statistical reporting or in support of clinical
research8. B: In the financial reimbursement area, the interrelationships between
healthcare organizations A. Are unrelated to the efficiency of healthcare claims
processing B. May assure government payers that quality healthcare services
have been delivered C. Do not support private insurance organizations in their
assessment of the quality of delivered healthcare services D. Are designed to
maximize reimbursement for covered healthcare services
9. B: Key information technology and information management professionals in
healthcare organizations include the
A. Chief information officer (CIO), chief executive officer (CEO), and chief
medical information officer (CMIO)
B. Chief information officer (CIO), chief security officer (CSO), and chief medical
information officer (CMIO)
C. Chief information officer (CIO), chief financial officer (CFO), and chief
technology officer (CTO)
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D. Chief information officer (CIO), chief executive officer (CEO), and chief nursing
informatics officer (CNIO)
10. B: Nongovernment professional associations may perform regulatory roles for
their profession. Which of the following is not a typical role for a professional
association?
A. Determining qualifications for a profession by defining professional examination
criteria
B. Making laws and regulations regarding reimbursements for their profession
C. Issuing a code of conduct to guide professional behavior
D. Implementing disciplinary procedures for those in their profession
11. A: Patients have an expectation that healthcare providers will keep health
information entrusted to them
A. Private and secure
B. Available Monday through Friday
C. On paper
D. Available for research
12. C: Data warehouses include
A. Data from one hospital only
B. Information from the patient
C. Data from many different applications
D. Financial data only
13. A: Interface engines support
A. Interoperability and data integration
B. Manual connections to financial systems
C. Cloud storage of patient information
D. Encryption of patient-identifiable data
14. B: Telehealth can be used to
A. Constrain patients to specific providers
B. Provide specialist care to patients in rural areas
C. Prohibit transfers of patients
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D. Mandate admissions to academic medical centers
15. B: mHealth applications can address
A. Medical records
B. Global health initiatives
C. Issues concerning supply chain inventory
D. Only cell phones
16. A: What system will give informative guidelines to practitioners regarding
medication and procedures, including warning systems relating to high-risk
medications and processes?
A. Clinical decision support system (CDSS)
B. Computerized practitioner order entry (CPOE)
C. Picture archiving and communication system (PACS)
D. Electronic health record (EHR)
17. B: When defining problems and opportunities, major areas of change can occur
in the following areas:
A. Analytical, supervisory, financial, and administrative
B. Clinical, administrative, financial, and application
C. Supervisory, administrative, financial, and clinical
D. Application, analytical, administrative, and financial
18. D: When defining requirements, what is the key to implementing safe,
sustainable, and cost-effective IT practices?
A. Quality tools
B. Sustainment plan
C. Control plan
D. Project plan
19. C: Sustainable controls for IT implementation can result in
A. Uncontrolled security
B. Serving minimum purpose possible
C. Determining what is practical for local area implementation and testing
.
1. C: Among the multiple types of hospital ownership, which is not a common
model?
A. Public (government) owned and managed
B. Private, not for profit (nonprofit)
C. Physician owned D. Private, for profit
2. D: Hospitals may be classified many different ways. Which of the following
statements is true regarding hospital classification?
A. Private hospitals are always for-profit organizations
B. Urban, rural, and children's hospitals are classified by their geographic locations
C. Rural hospitals are most frequently classified as teaching hospitals
D. Hospitals may be classified in more than one way; for example, an urban hospital
might also be classified as a government-owned hospital or as a general hospital
3. B: An ambulatory surgery center would be best classified as
A. A teaching hospital
B. An outpatient care setting
C. A general hospital
D. A rehabilitation hospital
4. B: From the perspective of the healthcare delivery organization, payments
generally come from three types of entities:
A. Employers, employees, and government entities
B. Government-financed and managed programs, insurance programs managed by
private entities, and patients' personal funds
C. National health systems, national insurance systems, and multipayer systems
D. Uninsured, underinsured, and insured
5. A: In considering the purpose for interrelationships among healthcare
organizations, identify the purpose below that is correct:
A. Enable access to comprehensive care services from only one healthcare organi-
zation
B. Ensure effective transfers of care facilitated by the provision of essential health
, CPHIMS Study Guide
.
information
C. Facilitate obtaining appropriate rewards for care referrals
D. Facilitate marketing of healthcare services regardless of patients' consent
6. A: Ensuring the general portability of healthcare is facilitated by
A. Health information exchanges (HIEs) such as Canada's Health Infoway and the
U.S. HIE programs, including the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN)
B. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
C. Insurance programs administered by private entities
D. The secondary use of healthcare information
7. D: An example of the secondary use of a patient's health information would be
when the information is shared
A. To support transfer of the patient's care between two providers
B. Through an authorized health information exchange to support the portability of
care
C. In support of a diagnostic test required to further the treatment of a patient
D. With public health officials for statistical reporting or in support of clinical
research8. B: In the financial reimbursement area, the interrelationships between
healthcare organizations A. Are unrelated to the efficiency of healthcare claims
processing B. May assure government payers that quality healthcare services
have been delivered C. Do not support private insurance organizations in their
assessment of the quality of delivered healthcare services D. Are designed to
maximize reimbursement for covered healthcare services
9. B: Key information technology and information management professionals in
healthcare organizations include the
A. Chief information officer (CIO), chief executive officer (CEO), and chief
medical information officer (CMIO)
B. Chief information officer (CIO), chief security officer (CSO), and chief medical
information officer (CMIO)
C. Chief information officer (CIO), chief financial officer (CFO), and chief
technology officer (CTO)
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D. Chief information officer (CIO), chief executive officer (CEO), and chief nursing
informatics officer (CNIO)
10. B: Nongovernment professional associations may perform regulatory roles for
their profession. Which of the following is not a typical role for a professional
association?
A. Determining qualifications for a profession by defining professional examination
criteria
B. Making laws and regulations regarding reimbursements for their profession
C. Issuing a code of conduct to guide professional behavior
D. Implementing disciplinary procedures for those in their profession
11. A: Patients have an expectation that healthcare providers will keep health
information entrusted to them
A. Private and secure
B. Available Monday through Friday
C. On paper
D. Available for research
12. C: Data warehouses include
A. Data from one hospital only
B. Information from the patient
C. Data from many different applications
D. Financial data only
13. A: Interface engines support
A. Interoperability and data integration
B. Manual connections to financial systems
C. Cloud storage of patient information
D. Encryption of patient-identifiable data
14. B: Telehealth can be used to
A. Constrain patients to specific providers
B. Provide specialist care to patients in rural areas
C. Prohibit transfers of patients
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D. Mandate admissions to academic medical centers
15. B: mHealth applications can address
A. Medical records
B. Global health initiatives
C. Issues concerning supply chain inventory
D. Only cell phones
16. A: What system will give informative guidelines to practitioners regarding
medication and procedures, including warning systems relating to high-risk
medications and processes?
A. Clinical decision support system (CDSS)
B. Computerized practitioner order entry (CPOE)
C. Picture archiving and communication system (PACS)
D. Electronic health record (EHR)
17. B: When defining problems and opportunities, major areas of change can occur
in the following areas:
A. Analytical, supervisory, financial, and administrative
B. Clinical, administrative, financial, and application
C. Supervisory, administrative, financial, and clinical
D. Application, analytical, administrative, and financial
18. D: When defining requirements, what is the key to implementing safe,
sustainable, and cost-effective IT practices?
A. Quality tools
B. Sustainment plan
C. Control plan
D. Project plan
19. C: Sustainable controls for IT implementation can result in
A. Uncontrolled security
B. Serving minimum purpose possible
C. Determining what is practical for local area implementation and testing
