AHIMA Health Information Governance 1

Question 1

What is health information governance?

Accepted Answer

An organization-wide framework for managing the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of health data

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A government agency overseeing hospitals

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A type of medical license

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An electronic health record vendor

Question 2

What is the role of a Health Information Management (HIM) professional?

Accepted Answer

Managing patient health information systems, ensuring data quality, privacy compliance, and proper coding

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Only filing paper records

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Only answering phone calls

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Only managing hospital IT systems

Question 3

What is information lifecycle management?

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Managing data from creation through use, maintenance, and ultimate disposition or destruction

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Only creating new records

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Only destroying old records

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Only storing current records

Question 4

What is a release of information (ROI) process?

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The procedure for disclosing patient health information in response to authorized requests

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Releasing new software

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Publishing medical research

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Announcing hospital policies

Question 5

What is data mapping in health information?

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The process of connecting data fields between different systems to enable information exchange

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Drawing maps of hospital departments

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Mapping patient locations

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Creating geographic databases

Question 6

What is master patient index (MPI)?

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A database that assigns a unique identifier to each patient and cross-references all their records

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A list of the best patients

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A hospital's main telephone directory

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An insurance company database