RHIA

RHIA practice questions, page 29 of 73, with answer review and explanations.

Question 141

The Joint Commission suggests that hospitals use which type of patient information system?

  1. unit record
  2. computer-based patient record
  3. protocol for requesting information, whereby the request is provided to the practitioner in a timely manner
  4. any one of the above

Question 142

A health information manager develops a formal plan or record retention schedule for the automatic transfer of records to inactive storage and potential destruction based on all but which one of the following factors?

  1. statute of limitations
  2. volume of research
  3. readmission rate
  4. file area staffing

Question 143

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of the electronic document management system in the HIM Department?

  1. on-line availability of information
  2. multiuser simultaneous access
  3. decrease use of computer technology
  4. system security and confidentiality

Question 144

Which one of the following is an advantage of straight numeric filing over terminal digit filing?

  1. All sections of the file expand uniformly.
  2. The training period is short.
  3. Work can be evenly distributed, causing accountability for accuracy in each of the 100 sections.
  4. Inactive records can be purged evenly.

Question 145

Which one of the following is NOT an electronic document management system component?

  1. scanner
  2. optical disk platter
  3. jukebox
  4. reader-printed