title: Predicting Professional Examination Outcomes: A Case of the Registered Health Information Administration Certification Examination.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether differences existed among candidates for the Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) certification examination that may have characterized the likelihood of acquiring professional certification upon graduation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Records of total of 197 former students were acquired from accredited health information administration education programs located across the United States.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Final course grades in coding and introduction to health information administration and professional curriculum grade point average were strongly associated with the RHIA examination score. Subsequently, a 95% approximate prediction interval was computed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Certain academic and demographic variables can be used to predict which students may be at risk for unsuccessfully completing the certification examination. A regression model which can accurately predict the student's examination score was developed.
authors.affiliation: Dep. of Health Services, University of Washington, 4333 Brooklyn Ave NE, Box 359455, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Tel 206-543-8810, fax 206-543- 8609. jcondon2@uw.edu.
authors.forename: James V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Condon
authors.forename: Amanda C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Barefield
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D003479:Curriculum; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States