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I RECOMMEND

I just received my new "Registered Heath Information Administrator (RHIA) Exam Preparation" study guide from
AHIMA, and I am very impressed.  This is the type resource that I was looking for when I started this website.  It
contains a bank of questions, and not only are the references given, but the answers are fully explained.  
Sometimes the explanations contain quotes from the resources, which are up to a paragraph long.  It also comes
with electronic flash cards to help learn terms.


What Study Buddy is NOT and Disclaimer

  • A replacement of any other study guides or material offered by any professional association or publishers
  • It is not a COMPLETE study guide of all information needed to study for the test/s.  This information has
    been put together by students, who are not experts on what is on the exam/s.       


STUDY MATERIAL

Prep Courses Offered:
           

    Studio4Learning.tv  - Recommended to help understand Statistical subjects such as mean, mode,
    standard deviation, plus the more in depth subjects that may be covered in a statistics class.

    AHIMA Review Courses for Studying for the RHIT Exam  AHIMA offers a series of courses for preparing for the RHIT.  
    There will be one for each Domain.

    OHIMA offers an online course for preparing to take the RHIT exam.  At the end of the course you will be give a 75
    question self- assessment. Cost $80.00.

    RHIT EXAM PREP - Alfred State University offers a exam prep website that contains practice test that is setup in
    Blackboard format. Cost $25.00.



BOOK REFERENCES

Professional Review Guide for RHIA and RHIT - Currently this is the standard for anyone reviewing for the RHIT exam.  You can find
this book through most online books stores.  

The Professional Review Guide asks questions, and then refers the student to a list of book or other resources to find the
information.  Some of the books referenced are listed below.  You can find these through most online stores or see the Books tab on
this website.  You can also purchase used copies of some of these through online bookstore, and they are much less expensive
than new.


View large excerpts of Books through Google Books.

Large Excerpts of many Books can be viewed through
Google Books.  Some pages have been removed, but there is a great deal of
information that can be read online for free. See the following for resources you might find beneficial. Google books offers you to
store the books that you like in your own "bookshelf", which is handy for getting back to your resources.


YouTube Videos

    Data Organization and Display

    Pareto Chart - Short YouTube video explains in terms you will not forget.


    Means of Variability - Videos from Study4Learning on range, variance, deviation, and standard deviation.  Other easy
    to understand statistics videos are available on this site.


    Scatter Plots and Trends - Video from YourTeacher.com. Might help to understand how trends are determined.
    (negative correlations vs positive correlations).

Information Systems
    Star topology - Very short video (23 seconds) explains how star topology works

    Bus Topology - Very short video (22 seconds) explains how bus topology works

    Ring Topology - Very short video (9 seconds) explains how ring topology works



PROFESSIONAL ARTICLES

MS-DRG tutorial - A lot of people have asked for addition information on MS-DRGs, and I want to thank Christina
Benjamin, MA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P for allowing me to link this tutorial to our site.  Christina is a well known author,
and has written articles for
Advance for HIM Professions, For the Record, and AHIMA's Code Write (click here for
Christina's
Bio). She also has a website (http://www.tools4coding.com) where she offers articles and tutorials
on many coding subjects.  Christina is also the AHIMA CCS CoP facilitator.  Thanks so much Christina!


WEBSITES HELPFUL WITH REVIEW FOR TEST

    Cliff Notes online review of Graphic Displays, including Pareto, Pie Charts, Histograms, etc

    AHIMA's Student Website - Glossary of HIM terms- Quick way to review terms that may be on the test.










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