NEW HIMS FINAL EXAM WITH Q&A NEWLY MODIFIED
GRADED A+ TESTED AND APPROVED EXAM 2025/2026
LATEST
A process used to identify what is likely to happen in the future is known as ________
A. predictive modeling
B. data modeling
C. inferential statistics
D. descriptive statistics -- ANSWER--predictive modeling
Barcodes may be used to improve _______
A. health information exchange
B. data analysis
C. patient safety
D. health informatics -- ANSWER--patient safety
Maytown Hospital is a small community hospital. They do not have staff to implement and
manage the electronic health record so they want to utilize a vendor-owned information
system. They should utilize:
A. extranet
B. cloud computing
C. intranet
D. data analytics -- ANSWER--cloud computing?
Advancements in technology in the 1980s included:
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,A. internet
B. mainframe
C. wi-fi
D. wired networks -- ANSWER--wired networks
Contemporary HIM practices focus on _____
A. data and information
B. processing health records
C. processes
D. workflow -- ANSWER--data and information
Identify the true statement about technology
A. it provides the data need to improve patient care and conduct research
B. It has not improved the quality of care provided to patients
C. It has had little impact on healthcare and health information management
D. It eliminated the need for evidence-based medicine -- ANSWER--it provides the data
need to improve patient care and conduct research
The COVID-19 pandemic is an example of how technology is used to :
A. monitor business practices
B. improve patient engagement
C. monitor public health
D. provide continuing education -- ANSWER--monitor public heatlh
The interdisciplinary field whose goal is to improve healthcare is known as __________
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,A. data analytics
B. health informatics
C. mapping specialist
D. Health information management -- ANSWER--health informatics
The autonumbering field would be the best choice in field type for ____
A. time of discharge
B. patient account number
C. date of admission
D. weight -- ANSWER--patient account number
Identify the best field for a radio button
A. principal diagnosis
B. lab test result
C. state
D. gender -- ANSWER--gender
Identify the output of an information system
A. touch scree
B. implementation
C. mouse
D. report -- ANSWER--report
Summarized reports of process measures s presented in:
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, A. descriptive statistics
B. predictive analytics
C. dashboards
D. data mining -- ANSWER--dashboards
Identify an example of information
A. HIM professionals roles have changed
B. Mary was admitted to the hospital
C. Healthcare organizations utilize technology
D. The number of denial s has decreased by 45% over the past year -- ANSWER--The
number of denials has decreased by 45% over the past year
The first information systems were primarily:
A. decision support systems
B. clinical information systems
C. financial applications
D. electronic health record systems -- ANSWER--financial applications
The benefit of a personal computer over a dumb terminal is that ______
A. processing is performed at the server
B. it contains a firewall
C. processing is performed on the PC
D. It contains a network -- ANSWER--processing is performed on the PC
Identify the data analytics tool that includes frequency distributions.
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GRADED A+ TESTED AND APPROVED EXAM 2025/2026
LATEST
A process used to identify what is likely to happen in the future is known as ________
A. predictive modeling
B. data modeling
C. inferential statistics
D. descriptive statistics -- ANSWER--predictive modeling
Barcodes may be used to improve _______
A. health information exchange
B. data analysis
C. patient safety
D. health informatics -- ANSWER--patient safety
Maytown Hospital is a small community hospital. They do not have staff to implement and
manage the electronic health record so they want to utilize a vendor-owned information
system. They should utilize:
A. extranet
B. cloud computing
C. intranet
D. data analytics -- ANSWER--cloud computing?
Advancements in technology in the 1980s included:
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,A. internet
B. mainframe
C. wi-fi
D. wired networks -- ANSWER--wired networks
Contemporary HIM practices focus on _____
A. data and information
B. processing health records
C. processes
D. workflow -- ANSWER--data and information
Identify the true statement about technology
A. it provides the data need to improve patient care and conduct research
B. It has not improved the quality of care provided to patients
C. It has had little impact on healthcare and health information management
D. It eliminated the need for evidence-based medicine -- ANSWER--it provides the data
need to improve patient care and conduct research
The COVID-19 pandemic is an example of how technology is used to :
A. monitor business practices
B. improve patient engagement
C. monitor public health
D. provide continuing education -- ANSWER--monitor public heatlh
The interdisciplinary field whose goal is to improve healthcare is known as __________
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,A. data analytics
B. health informatics
C. mapping specialist
D. Health information management -- ANSWER--health informatics
The autonumbering field would be the best choice in field type for ____
A. time of discharge
B. patient account number
C. date of admission
D. weight -- ANSWER--patient account number
Identify the best field for a radio button
A. principal diagnosis
B. lab test result
C. state
D. gender -- ANSWER--gender
Identify the output of an information system
A. touch scree
B. implementation
C. mouse
D. report -- ANSWER--report
Summarized reports of process measures s presented in:
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, A. descriptive statistics
B. predictive analytics
C. dashboards
D. data mining -- ANSWER--dashboards
Identify an example of information
A. HIM professionals roles have changed
B. Mary was admitted to the hospital
C. Healthcare organizations utilize technology
D. The number of denial s has decreased by 45% over the past year -- ANSWER--The
number of denials has decreased by 45% over the past year
The first information systems were primarily:
A. decision support systems
B. clinical information systems
C. financial applications
D. electronic health record systems -- ANSWER--financial applications
The benefit of a personal computer over a dumb terminal is that ______
A. processing is performed at the server
B. it contains a firewall
C. processing is performed on the PC
D. It contains a network -- ANSWER--processing is performed on the PC
Identify the data analytics tool that includes frequency distributions.
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