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IHS Healthcare Systems Review Exam"hospitals can no longer live in a four- walls, brick and mortar world." this statement
refers to which encompassing principle of healthcare reform? - ANSWER-focus on
population health status with community- based care delivered in multiple provider sites.
"meaningful use" of electronic health records is best described as: - ANSWER-criteria
defied by the Office of the National Coordinator in collaboration with the Centers for
Medicare
3 examples of healthcare providers - ANSWER-- Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia
- CHOP
- Temple Health
5 social determinants of Health - ANSWER-1. Socio- Economic Status (economic
stability)
2. Education
3. Environment (Social and Community)
4. Access to Health Care
5. Social and Community Context
(SEE AS)
9. Physician employment by hospitals continues on a pathway of steady growth. One
reason why
physicians are leaving private practice for hospital employment is: - ANSWER-
increasingly complex health insurance and information technology demands on private
practice.
A computerized decision support system (CDSS) is best described as an electronic
system that: - ANSWER-matches individual patient data with a computerized knowledge
base such as evidence-based clinical guidelines to remind physicians to do things for
patients they may have forgotten about.
A conscious effort on the part of some EHR vendors to make their systems difficult to
interface with other vendor's EHR systems. - ANSWER-Information Blocking
A major obligation of a physician when obtaining informed consent for a medical
procedure is to: - ANSWER-ensure that the patient understands the risks, benefits, and
alternatives of the procedure
ACA - ANSWER-Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
Academic Health Centers may be best described as: - ANSWER-Complexes consisting
of medical schools and other health professional schools -- such as nursing and
, dentistry, and allied health -- affiliated with each other and with teaching hospitals and
other research and clinical facilities
academic health centers may be best described as: - ANSWER-complexes of medical
schools and other health professional schools, such as nursing and allied health
affiliated with each other and with teaching hospitals and other research and clinical
facilities
access = - ANSWER-lack of transportation
all of the following describe a personal health record (PHR) except: - ANSWER-is
usually provided for free as a part of electronic health information (EHR) systems.
ambulatory care is best defined as: - ANSWER-care that does not require an overnight
stay in a hospital
Annual U.S. healthcare expenditures far outstrip those of twelve other developed
nations. In relationship with expenditures, U.S. health population status ranking on
critical indicators in comparison with other developed nations is: - ANSWER-much lower
As early as the 1800s, some Americans carried "health insurance" through employers,
fraternal orders, guilds, trade unions, or commercial insurance companies. However,
unlike the health insurance of today, these insurance policies only provided for: -
ANSWER-fixed payments to compensate for lost wages due to injury, sickness, or
disability.
beginning in the 1980s, a significant advancement in the provision of hospital
emergency department services occurred with the introduction of: - ANSWER-board-
certified emergency medicine physicians.
Blue Cross Hospital Insurance, the predominant form of health insurance for decades,
was modeled after: - ANSWER-Baylor University Hospital's school teachers plan.
CHIP - ANSWER-Children's Health Insurance Program
clinical observation united (COUs) may be best described as hospital units associated
with emergency departments which: - ANSWER-use a period of 6-24 hours to triage,
diagnose, treat, and monitor patients with common complaints.
cost = - ANSWER-uninsured
example of access to health care - ANSWER-- primary care
- limited to health literacy
- access to fresh food
example of education - ANSWER-- lower education levels = poorer qualities of life
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