Health Information Management
Technology Fifth edition Ch 1 Key
Terms Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Accreditation -
correct answer ✅1. a voluntary process of institutional or
organizational review in which a quasi-independent body created
for this purpose periodically evaluates the quality of the entity's
work against pre-established written criteria; 2. a determination by
an accrediting body that an eligible organization, network, program,
group, or individual complies with applicable standards. 3. The act
of granting approval to a healthcare organization based on whether
the organization has met a set of voluntary standards developed by
an accreditation agency. The first schools for medical record
librarians were surveyed and approved by ARLNA in 1934. By 1941,
10 schools had been approved to provide training for medical
record librarians - the precursor to the current accreditation
program managed by Commission on Accreditation for Health
Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).
Active membership -
correct answer ✅open to all individuals who are interested in
AHIMA purpose and willing to abide by the code of ethics are
eligible for active membership. Active members in good standing
are entitled to all membership privileges including the right to vote
and serve in the House of Delegates. Active membership provides
HIM professionals the opportunity to participate in the organization
, Health Information Management
Technology Fifth edition Ch 1 Key
Terms Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
and to offer input to the current and future practices of the
profession.
American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) -
correct answer ✅Educates and certifies medical coders. The
(AAPC) provides certified credentials to medical coders in physician
offices, hospital outpatient facilities, ambulatory surgical center,
and in payer organizations.
American Association of Medical Record Librarians (AAMRL) -
correct answer ✅Formerly known as the Association of Record
Librarians of North America (ARLNA); until Canadian members
formed their own organization in 1944, and name changed to
AAMRL, in 1970, the organization changed its name again to
eliminate the term libraian. The name became the American
Medical Record Association (ARMA) the organization underwent
another name change in 1991 to become the American Health
Information Management Association (AHIMA).
Technology Fifth edition Ch 1 Key
Terms Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Accreditation -
correct answer ✅1. a voluntary process of institutional or
organizational review in which a quasi-independent body created
for this purpose periodically evaluates the quality of the entity's
work against pre-established written criteria; 2. a determination by
an accrediting body that an eligible organization, network, program,
group, or individual complies with applicable standards. 3. The act
of granting approval to a healthcare organization based on whether
the organization has met a set of voluntary standards developed by
an accreditation agency. The first schools for medical record
librarians were surveyed and approved by ARLNA in 1934. By 1941,
10 schools had been approved to provide training for medical
record librarians - the precursor to the current accreditation
program managed by Commission on Accreditation for Health
Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).
Active membership -
correct answer ✅open to all individuals who are interested in
AHIMA purpose and willing to abide by the code of ethics are
eligible for active membership. Active members in good standing
are entitled to all membership privileges including the right to vote
and serve in the House of Delegates. Active membership provides
HIM professionals the opportunity to participate in the organization
, Health Information Management
Technology Fifth edition Ch 1 Key
Terms Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
and to offer input to the current and future practices of the
profession.
American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) -
correct answer ✅Educates and certifies medical coders. The
(AAPC) provides certified credentials to medical coders in physician
offices, hospital outpatient facilities, ambulatory surgical center,
and in payer organizations.
American Association of Medical Record Librarians (AAMRL) -
correct answer ✅Formerly known as the Association of Record
Librarians of North America (ARLNA); until Canadian members
formed their own organization in 1944, and name changed to
AAMRL, in 1970, the organization changed its name again to
eliminate the term libraian. The name became the American
Medical Record Association (ARMA) the organization underwent
another name change in 1991 to become the American Health
Information Management Association (AHIMA).
