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Hca mission statement Answer: "Above all else, we are commited to the care and improvement if human life. In recignition if this commitment, we strive to deliver high quality, cost effective healthcare in the communities we serve." -Dr. Thomas Frist Sr. (Co founder) Teamwork (standard of behavior) Answer: -committed to the power of one team -view coworkers equally -arrive to work on time -etc Integrity (standard of behavior) Answer: -committed to the power of i...

sinus dysrhythmia same as sinus rhythm but with a pattered irregularity faster than slower then faster than slower Sinus arrest pause in sinus rhythm Wandering atrial pacemaker shift between SA node and AV node 3 different looking P waves Rate: 60-100 Regularity: slightly irregular P waves: at least 3 different ones QRS: normal PR: vary when P wave is present

Greater total sales volume Answer: Hospital buy specific products in larger amounts that the consumer market buys 3 types of reference groups Answer: Membership Dissociative Aspirational 5 major environmental forces Answer: Economical Technological Social Competitive Regulatory Inflation Answer: Decline in the power when price bells rise further than income Gross income Answer: Total amount of money earned by one person in one year Di...

The 14th amendment consists of 2 portions Answer: Due process Equal protection 14th amendment applies to? Answer: Only state and local governments 2 types of due process Answer: Procedural Substantive Procedural due process Answer: Used when there has been a deprivation of life, liberty, or property Substantive due process Answer: Protects certain rights considered to be fundamental Important substantive due process rights Answer: ...

What does HRO stand for? Answer: High reliability organizations During which stage of DMAIC, does the team review pre-implementation data and generate statistical process control charts to detect special cause variation? Answer: Analyze True or false? The Control Phase of DMAIC is directed at sustaining gains made during the Improve Phase and institutionalizing the new process. Answer: True What is Lean Six Sigma? Answer: All of the above True or false...

Select the approach(es) taken by the health care industry to respond to society's concerns about the quality and safety of health care. Increased requirements by accrediting organizations for quality and safety measures DMAIC is a mnemonic for which of the following? Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control True or false? Managed care is a new approach to financing health care with origins in the 1990s. false True or false? Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is designed to identify an indivi...

To improve access to health care Answer: What is one issue that health care organizations must address in order to create and deliver value? the quality of inpatient care Answer: The Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration (PHQID) was launched to determine if economic incentives are effective at improving ____. 15-20 Answer: Investor-owned facilities comprise about ____ percent of the hospital sector. systems Answer: Organizations within the heal...

Value (Ch.1) Answer: -Firms are asked to deliver higher level of quality at the same cost -The same level of quality at a lower cost -Higher quality at a lower cost Iron triangle Answer: Refers to the difficulty of seeking to improve quality of care, improve access to care, and reduce the cost of care simultaneously. Bending the cost curve Answer: This refers to reducing health spending relative to projected trends in spending Three health policy goals Answer:...

six main pieces of healthcare legislation Answer: -Anti-kickback statue -Patient/physician referral (stark law) -False claims act -HIPPA -EMTALA -PPACA tort law Answer: -one person's behavior causes injury, suffering, unfair loss or harm to another person what is medical malpractice Answer: -doctor owed patient a duty of care -doctor breached duty of care -doctor caused injury -patient suffered damages economic effects of medical malpractice Answer: ...

False Claims Act Answer: Protects the Federal Government from being overcharged or sold substandard goods or services Anti-Kickback Statute Answer: Prohibits asking for or receiving anything of value in exchange for referrals of federal healthcare program business (namely CMS and may include health services, drugs, and supplies) EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act) Answer: Requires hospitals that have emergency departments to: 1. Provide a medic...