Fundamental of Health Information,
Chapter 1 Health Information
Management Profession Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What was the American Health Information Management
Association (AHIMA) previously known as -
correct answer ✅Association of Record Liberians of North
America (ARLNA)
When was the Association of Record Liberians of North America
(ARLNA) created -
correct answer ✅in 1928
What four (4) distinct steps influenced the development of the HIM
profession -
correct answer ✅The hospital standardization movement,
The organization of records librarians,
The approval of formal educational processes,
The educational curriculum for medical records (now known as
health record) Liberians.
When was the hospital standardization movement inaugurated -
correct answer ✅In 1918
,Fundamental of Health Information,
Chapter 1 Health Information
Management Profession Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Who was the hospital standardization movement inaugurated by -
correct answer ✅American College of Surgeons (ACS)
In what year did the association adopted a formal curriculum for
HIM education -
correct answer ✅1932
The first schools for medical record librarians were surveyed and
approved by ARLNA in what year -
correct answer ✅1934
The formal approval program of academic programs was the
precursor to the current accreditation program manage by -
correct answer ✅Commission on Accreditation for Health
Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM)
What is Accreditation -
correct answer ✅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.
, Fundamental of Health Information,
Chapter 1 Health Information
Management Profession Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
A determination by an accrediting body that an eligible
organization, network, program, group, or individual complies with
applicable standards.
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 board of registration, a certificate board, was instituted -
correct answer ✅in 1933 and develop the baseline by which to
measure qualified health record librarians.
What part of AHIMA function as the board of Registration -
correct answer ✅Commission on Certificate for Health Informatics
and Information Management (CCHIIM)
American Association of Medical Record Librarians (AAMRL) -
correct answer ✅Formerly known as the Association of Record
Librarians of North America (ARLNA); in 1944 became AAMRL when
Chapter 1 Health Information
Management Profession Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What was the American Health Information Management
Association (AHIMA) previously known as -
correct answer ✅Association of Record Liberians of North
America (ARLNA)
When was the Association of Record Liberians of North America
(ARLNA) created -
correct answer ✅in 1928
What four (4) distinct steps influenced the development of the HIM
profession -
correct answer ✅The hospital standardization movement,
The organization of records librarians,
The approval of formal educational processes,
The educational curriculum for medical records (now known as
health record) Liberians.
When was the hospital standardization movement inaugurated -
correct answer ✅In 1918
,Fundamental of Health Information,
Chapter 1 Health Information
Management Profession Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Who was the hospital standardization movement inaugurated by -
correct answer ✅American College of Surgeons (ACS)
In what year did the association adopted a formal curriculum for
HIM education -
correct answer ✅1932
The first schools for medical record librarians were surveyed and
approved by ARLNA in what year -
correct answer ✅1934
The formal approval program of academic programs was the
precursor to the current accreditation program manage by -
correct answer ✅Commission on Accreditation for Health
Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM)
What is Accreditation -
correct answer ✅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.
, Fundamental of Health Information,
Chapter 1 Health Information
Management Profession Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
A determination by an accrediting body that an eligible
organization, network, program, group, or individual complies with
applicable standards.
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 board of registration, a certificate board, was instituted -
correct answer ✅in 1933 and develop the baseline by which to
measure qualified health record librarians.
What part of AHIMA function as the board of Registration -
correct answer ✅Commission on Certificate for Health Informatics
and Information Management (CCHIIM)
American Association of Medical Record Librarians (AAMRL) -
correct answer ✅Formerly known as the Association of Record
Librarians of North America (ARLNA); in 1944 became AAMRL when
