HIT120 chapter 3 VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026/2027 EXAM

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Which one of the following are included in a list of institutional users of the health record?

Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Correct - well done!

Institutional users are organizations that need access to health records. Patient

FBI agent

AHIMA

Which of the following is a secondary purpose of the health record?

Administrative purposes

Correct! Public health and research.

Well done - correct!

Data in the health record is aggregated and tuned into information that is used at thenational level to establish best practices of patient care, conduct research on new

medications and technologies, and to study patient outcomes.

Patient Care

is a digital record of an individual's health-related information that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be created, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians, and staff across more than one healthcare organization.

Electronic Health Record (EHR)

is data that has been extracted from individual health records and combined to form de-identified information about groups of patients that can be compared and analyzed.

Aggregate data

If a patient is issued a health record number at the first encounter and that number is used for all subsequent encounters, that organization is using what type of numbering system?

Unit Numbering System

The Release of Information (ROI) staff is responsible for documenting all of the following, except:

Time of release

Much of the work of the HIM department can be performed remotely due to the implementation of the EHR. This is referred to as:

Virtual HIM

assigns the diagnosis and procedure codes.

Encoder

Meaningful Use is "using certified electronic health record (EHR) technology to achieve all of the following, except:

Maintain privacy and security of health information

Engage patients and family

Correct! To protect health insurance coverage for work and their families when theychange of lose jobs.

A patient is collecting, storing, and tracking all of their health information in one information system. This is referred to as:

Personal Health Record (PHR)

is a chronological set of computerized records that provides evidence of information system activity.

Audit trail

Specific risks to documentation integrity of using copy functionality include all of the following except: