CHIMA Exam Prep | Health Information Management, Health Information
Systems & EHR Study Guide 2026
Which stage is stated to be the most important stage in the health information lifecycle?
a. Maintenance and protection
b. Information management planning
c. Evaluation
d. Capture and collection - ANS ✔✔b. Information management planning
Which stage of the health information life cycle ensures that necessary safeguards are in place
for the appropriate use of patient information?
a. Governance and accountability
b. Capture and collection
c. Disposition
d. Access, use and dissemination - ANS ✔✔a. Governance and accountability
If a healthcare organization plans to exchange health information with other organizations, the
data created must meet what international standard?
a. CIHI
b. EHRS BluePrint Version 2
c. IHE Cross Document Sharing profile
d. Heath Level Seven International (HL7) - ANS ✔✔d. Heath Level Seven International (HL7)
An example of unstructured data is:
, a. an electrocardiogram
b. digital heart sounds
c. ultrasound data
d. transcribed reports - ANS ✔✔d. transcribed reports
An example of discrete, structured data is:
a. free-text boxes on-line
b. nuclear medicine stored as bit mapped
c. medication orders
d. cardiac catheterizations - ANS ✔✔c. medication orders
What should be developed for direct charting, voice recognition or transcribed documents to
promote the consistent use of language and expression?
a. Organization-specific lists of abbreviations, acronyms and symbols
b. A staff education program on implications to patient safety of misinterpreted truncated
words or characters
c. Templates
d. Data Dictionary - ANS ✔✔c. Templates
Acceptable authentication for electronic records includes the author using a/an:
a. digital signature or computer key
b. template to track changes
c. initials with corresponding signature legend
Systems & EHR Study Guide 2026
Which stage is stated to be the most important stage in the health information lifecycle?
a. Maintenance and protection
b. Information management planning
c. Evaluation
d. Capture and collection - ANS ✔✔b. Information management planning
Which stage of the health information life cycle ensures that necessary safeguards are in place
for the appropriate use of patient information?
a. Governance and accountability
b. Capture and collection
c. Disposition
d. Access, use and dissemination - ANS ✔✔a. Governance and accountability
If a healthcare organization plans to exchange health information with other organizations, the
data created must meet what international standard?
a. CIHI
b. EHRS BluePrint Version 2
c. IHE Cross Document Sharing profile
d. Heath Level Seven International (HL7) - ANS ✔✔d. Heath Level Seven International (HL7)
An example of unstructured data is:
, a. an electrocardiogram
b. digital heart sounds
c. ultrasound data
d. transcribed reports - ANS ✔✔d. transcribed reports
An example of discrete, structured data is:
a. free-text boxes on-line
b. nuclear medicine stored as bit mapped
c. medication orders
d. cardiac catheterizations - ANS ✔✔c. medication orders
What should be developed for direct charting, voice recognition or transcribed documents to
promote the consistent use of language and expression?
a. Organization-specific lists of abbreviations, acronyms and symbols
b. A staff education program on implications to patient safety of misinterpreted truncated
words or characters
c. Templates
d. Data Dictionary - ANS ✔✔c. Templates
Acceptable authentication for electronic records includes the author using a/an:
a. digital signature or computer key
b. template to track changes
c. initials with corresponding signature legend
