CPHIMS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
C - Answers- 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
D - Answers- 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
B - Answers- 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
B - Answers- 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
A - Answers- 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
organization
B. Ensure effective transfers of care facilitated by the provision of essential health
information
C. Facilitate obtaining appropriate rewards for care referrals
D. Facilitate marketing of healthcare services regardless of patients' consent
,A - Answers- 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
D - Answers- 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 research
B - Answers- 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
B - Answers- 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)
D. Chief information officer (CIO), chief executive officer (CEO), and chief nursing
informatics officer (CNIO)
B - Answers- 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
,A - Answers- 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
C - Answers- Data warehouses include
A. Data from one hospital only
B. Information from the patient
C. Data from many different applications
D. Financial data only
A - Answers- 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
B - Answers- 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
D. Mandate admissions to academic medical centers
B - Answers- mHealth applications can address
A. Medical records
B. Global health initiatives
C. Issues concerning supply chain inventory
D. Only cell phones
A - Answers- 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)
, B - Answers- 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
D - Answers- 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
C - Answers- 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
D. Satisfying integration with policy regulations
B - Answers- When performing cost-benefit analysis, important variables to be
considered include
A. Sustainability versus total costs per month
B. Time and cost of implementation
C. Impact on internal parties
D. Process mapping
A - Answers- The benefits of developing proposals in support of integrating healthcare
practices can include
A. Secure information sharing
B. Minimal communication between various localized care providers
C. Stand-alone architectures for various equipment and software applications
D. Enhanced efficiency in the communication flow
A - Answers- When presenting your analysis to your executive leadership, key
elements may include
A. Possible changes in the project implementation that can be driven by changes in
technology standards
B. Requirements that may change, affecting the strategic capability of the proposal