Health Information Management UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
The person in charge of entering treatment codes into a patient's chart is the person who decides
on the course of treatment, not the doctors and nurses. - Correct answers✔✔False
Which of these skills might be part of a Health Information Management job? - Correct
answers✔✔Collecting all patient records from a hospital visit
By the mid-19th century, all hospital records began to be kept on computers. - Correct
answers✔✔false
Benjamin Franklin was involved in all of the following except: - Correct answers✔✔Designing
the first automobile
Which of the following is true of Florence Nightingale? - Correct answers✔✔She was an
English nurse that kept detailed records on all of her patients, including information about
whether or not treatments worked
^The occupation of typing up doctor's audio notes is: - Correct answers✔✔Medical
transcriptionist
^Every health professional, including nurses, doctors, surgeons, and radiologists, must enter
information into a patient record in order for it to accurately reflect what treatment was given and
what progress was made during the patient's stay. - Correct answers✔✔true
, ^Which of the following statements about Health Information Management is not true? - Correct
answers✔✔The Health Information Management office at a hospital or clinic makes the decision
about whether or not a procedure is covered by insurance.
^A patient is admitted to the hospital. The patient has surgery and is discharged two days later.
The chart for this patient is: - Correct answers✔✔inpatient record
^What would not be included in a patient's medical record from a recent overnight hospital stay?
- Correct answers✔✔Outpatient treatment
^The information on a patient's chart is only used by the doctors and nurses that must treat that
patient. - Correct answers✔✔false
^The phalange bones are located in the: - Correct answers✔✔Hands and feet
^Which is true? - Correct answers✔✔distal = farthest from body
^The clavicle is also known as the shoulder. - Correct answers✔✔false
^Medical codes vary by country, so the US National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) works
with the World Health Organization to translate medical charts from hospitals all over the world.
- Correct answers✔✔false
^Which statement below is true about health insurance? - Correct answers✔✔medicare is for the
elderly
Insurance companies use the information in the patient's chart to pay the doctor or the patient for
the services, depending on coverage. - Correct answers✔✔true
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
The person in charge of entering treatment codes into a patient's chart is the person who decides
on the course of treatment, not the doctors and nurses. - Correct answers✔✔False
Which of these skills might be part of a Health Information Management job? - Correct
answers✔✔Collecting all patient records from a hospital visit
By the mid-19th century, all hospital records began to be kept on computers. - Correct
answers✔✔false
Benjamin Franklin was involved in all of the following except: - Correct answers✔✔Designing
the first automobile
Which of the following is true of Florence Nightingale? - Correct answers✔✔She was an
English nurse that kept detailed records on all of her patients, including information about
whether or not treatments worked
^The occupation of typing up doctor's audio notes is: - Correct answers✔✔Medical
transcriptionist
^Every health professional, including nurses, doctors, surgeons, and radiologists, must enter
information into a patient record in order for it to accurately reflect what treatment was given and
what progress was made during the patient's stay. - Correct answers✔✔true
, ^Which of the following statements about Health Information Management is not true? - Correct
answers✔✔The Health Information Management office at a hospital or clinic makes the decision
about whether or not a procedure is covered by insurance.
^A patient is admitted to the hospital. The patient has surgery and is discharged two days later.
The chart for this patient is: - Correct answers✔✔inpatient record
^What would not be included in a patient's medical record from a recent overnight hospital stay?
- Correct answers✔✔Outpatient treatment
^The information on a patient's chart is only used by the doctors and nurses that must treat that
patient. - Correct answers✔✔false
^The phalange bones are located in the: - Correct answers✔✔Hands and feet
^Which is true? - Correct answers✔✔distal = farthest from body
^The clavicle is also known as the shoulder. - Correct answers✔✔false
^Medical codes vary by country, so the US National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) works
with the World Health Organization to translate medical charts from hospitals all over the world.
- Correct answers✔✔false
^Which statement below is true about health insurance? - Correct answers✔✔medicare is for the
elderly
Insurance companies use the information in the patient's chart to pay the doctor or the patient for
the services, depending on coverage. - Correct answers✔✔true
