EXAM REVIEW- UNITED STATES MEDICAL LICENSING SOLVED #7
Maintenance of certification (MOC) is all of the following except - correct answer a
requirement by most states to maintain licensure to practice in a state.
Healthcare occupations are regulated, and how regulations are carried out varies from
state to state. - correct answer TRUE
Which of the following organizations is responsible for approving the content of post-
medical school residency training? - correct answer Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education
Which of the following accurately describes factors that influence the demand for
healthcare professionals? - correct answer -Changing nature of the disease, disability,
and treatment
-Physician supply, technology
-Expansion of ambulatory and home-based care
All of these are correct.
Which of the following accurately describes Interprofessional Collaborative Practice? -
correct answer An understanding and appreciation for the roles and contributions of
each discipline in the care of the patient and the unique community and population a
patient belongs
Healthcare system changes, including advancing technology, will likely result in new,
more highly specialized health occupations. Which of the following is not one of the
expected effects of this development? - correct answer Hospitals' resistance to
employing multi-skilled personnel
To provide direct patient care, physicians are required to do all of the following except -
correct answer participate in approved collaborative training programs with allied health
professionals.
Successfully completing a residency makes a physician "board eligible," in other words,
eligible to sit for one of the 24 medical specialty boards. - correct answer TRUE
Which of the following is required to be employed as a clinical social worker? - correct
answer A master's degree plus two years of supervised experience in a clinical setting
Which of the following correctly describes certification? - correct answer -It is usually not
state-based, and it is a much less restrictive regulation than licensing.
-This means that the individual has obtained advanced or specialized training in a
particular area of practice consistent with an established body of metrics.
-Allows the public, employers, and third-party payers to determine which practitioners
are appropriately qualified in their specialty or occupation
, All of these are correct.
In today's healthcare system, a patient stays in the hospital until the physician decides
that he or she is well enough for discharge, and each hospital monitors its own situation
through review committees. - correct answer FALSE
Which of the following correctly lists types of hospitals? - correct answer -
Nongovernment not-for-profit community hospitals, investor-owned (for-profit)
community hospitals
-State and local government community hospitals, federal government hospitals, or VA
hospitals
-Nonfederal psychiatric hospitals, prison hospitals, college infirmaries
All of these are correct.
Which of the following is a responsibility of a discharge planner? - correct answer
Making necessary, specific arrangements for follow-up services
A fully vertically integrated system in its ideal form includes all facilities, personnel, and
technological resources to render the complete continuum of care. - correct answer
TRUE
Patients in hospitals have individual rights, many of which are protected by state
statutes and regulations. - correct answer TRUE
Early on, hospitals used information technology (IT) primarily for - correct answer
accounting and billing purposes
Which of the following distinguishes acute care hospitals from long-term care facilities
such as nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, and psychiatric hospitals? - correct
answer The average length of stay for patients is less than 30 days.
Which of the following best describes horizontal integration? - correct answer Large
groups of hospitals merged into one organization can purchase supplies and services at
a volume discount, hire specialized staff at the corporate level to increase expertise,
raise capital less expensively, and market hospital services under a single brand name
in several communities.
Until the mid-1980s, hospitals were reimbursed for whatever they charged on a
"retrospective" basis. Now they are paid a certain amount for each patient's care on a
predetermined "prospective" basis. The amount they are paid is based on - correct
answer diagnosis related groups (drgs).
In health care, which of the following terms refers to a system that includes several
service components with each addressing one or more dimensions of a population's
healthcare needs? - correct answer Vertically integrated
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