PREDICTORS OF SUCCESS ON THE RHIA EXAM.

Q3 Medicine Perspectives in health information management / AHIMA, American Health Information Management Association Pub Date : 2021-07-01 eCollection Date: 2021-01-01

Jennifer L Peterson, James F Turley

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The ultimate goal for most health information management (HIM) program graduates is successful passage of the Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) exam. As educators, it is our goal to successfully prepare our students for this endeavor. Past studies in this area have resulted in many recommendations for further research. The current study builds on this past research to provide further insight into predictors of graduate success on the RHIA exam. This study assessed variables impacting student success on the RHIA exam using data from students from one HIM academic program who graduated between 2014 and 2019. Variables included in the study were the dependent variable of the first-time RHIA exam score/pass or fail, and the independent variables of student mock exam score, time between graduation and examination, student self-report of English as a second language (ESL) status, introductory HIM course grade, introductory coding and intermediate coding course grades, overall GPA, and major GPA. The study found that introductory HIM course grade, mock exam score, and time between graduation and examination were significant predictive factors in HIM graduate success on the RHIA exam. The study also revealed some interesting findings regarding student ESL status and exam success that merit further study. The results of this study provide educators with further insight into predictors of student success on the RHIA exam, as well as provide information that can be used by educators to aid in student RHIA exam success.

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RIA 考试成功的预测因素。

大多数健康信息管理（HIM）专业毕业生的最终目标是成功通过注册健康信息管理师（RHIA）考试。作为教育工作者，我们的目标是让学生为这一目标做好成功的准备。过去在这一领域的研究提出了许多进一步研究的建议。当前的研究以过去的研究为基础，进一步深入探讨了毕业生在 RHIA 考试中取得成功的预测因素。本研究使用 2014 年至 2019 年间毕业的一个 HIM 学术项目学生的数据，评估了影响学生在 RHIA 考试中取得成功的变量。研究中的变量包括因变量首次 RHIA 考试成绩/通过或未通过，自变量学生模拟考试成绩、毕业与考试之间的时间、学生自我报告的英语作为第二语言（ESL）状态、HIM 入门课程成绩、编码入门课程和编码中级课程成绩、总平均学分绩点（GPA）和专业平均学分绩点（GPA）。研究发现，HIM 入门课程成绩、模拟考试成绩以及毕业与考试之间的时间是 HIM 毕业生成功通过 RHIA 考试的重要预测因素。研究还发现了一些关于学生 ESL 状态和考试成功率的有趣发现，值得进一步研究。本研究的结果为教育工作者提供了进一步了解学生在 RHIA 考试中取得成功的预测因素，也为教育工作者提供了可用于帮助学生在 RHIA 考试中取得成功的信息。

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期刊介绍： Perspectives in Health Information Management is a scholarly, peer-reviewed research journal whose mission is to advance health information management practice and to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration between HIM professionals and others in disciplines supporting the advancement of the management of health information. The primary focus is to promote the linkage of practice, education, and research and to provide contributions to the understanding or improvement of health information management processes and outcomes.