- Description
HCS 235T Wk 3 – Health Care Services and Providers Test
- Question 1
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Alternative health care workers represent a growing type of stakeholder in the health care system. Select 2 examples of alternative health practitioners:
Chiropractor
Prosthetist
Hypnotherapist
Hospitalist
- Question 2
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The duties of this emerging role generally include investigation of incidents in which a breach of protected health information (PHI) may have occurred and reporting breaches, as necessary.
Privacy and compliance director
Chief information officer (CIO)
Chief population health officer
Data analyst
- Question 3
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Match the health care setting type with the appropriate level of care it provides.
- Urgent care center
- Radiology clinic
- Skilled nursing facility
- Trauma center
- Question 4
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Which organization is a type of integrated delivery system with a closed panel of patients and it employs its own providers exclusively?
Staff model health maintenance organization (HMO)
Individual practice association (IPA)
Academic medical group
Group model health maintenance organization (HMO)
- Question 5
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The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and March of Dimes are examples of which type of stakeholder?
Education and research or academia
Investors
Employee assistance programs
Community or professional organizations
- Question 6
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This emerging role focuses on the delivery of accessible acute care and diagnostic services within non-traditional consumer-oriented locations.
Medical home model
Ambulatory surgery center
Retail health management
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
- Question 7
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Which highly valued emerging role is responsible for managing and facilitating treatment plans for patients?
Clinical care coordinator
Health services administrator
Patient advocate
Licensed practical nurse (LPN)
- Question 8
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Effectively information sharing among everyone involved in a patient’s care in an organized manner is a good example of:
Fragmentation of care
Electronic health records (EHRs)
Coordination of care
Medical home model
- Question 9
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Which type of health care organization cares for patients with acute or chronic conditions, while also developing cutting-edge new procedures and growing the next generation of health care providers?
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Private research foundation
Biotechnology corporation
Academic medical center
- Question 10
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The medical home model of care is an increasingly common example of which concept of health services management?
Integrated delivery system
Assisted living facilities
Community-based health programs
Outpatient rehabilitation centers
- Question 11
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Health care administrators can function in a wide range of important capacities within a health care organization. Select 2 examples of such functions:
Hospitalist
Chief financial officer (CFO)
Health information technology specialist
Chief of medical officer (CMO)
- Question 12
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The priestly model and collegial model represent aspects of what changing dynamic facing health care stakeholders?
The national health insurance model
The physician-patient relationship
The physician-payer relationship
The staff HMO model
- Question 13
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Which stakeholder is involved in many roles within the health care organization, including planning, directing, and facilitating services, establishing policy, and managing employees?
Physician assistants
Hospitalist
Managed care nurse
Health care administrator
- Question 14
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In a health care setting, which 2 areas will a sustainability manager often be involved in?
Analysis of diagnosis codes and hospital readmission rates
Waste handling within hospital food service operations
Maximization of using physician extenders in the acute care setting
Analysis of energy use patterns within operating rooms
- Question 15
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Select 2 crucial issues faced by U.S. health care that the integrated delivery system model seeks to address.
Community- and school-based public health services
Lack of coordination between different levels and settings within the health care system
Lack of universal health care coverage for all citizens
Duplication of testing, ancillary services, or health care
- Question 16
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Which emerging role focuses on community wellness and developing strategies to create efficiency and improve outcomes?
Sustainability manager
Clinical care coordinator
Chief population health officer
Wellness coach
- Question 17
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Lack of effective coordination of care may lead to increased cost to the health care system due to:
Inefficient or duplicated services
Increasing life expectancy rates
Providing care within the optimal setting
Enhancing communication among providers
- Question 18
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An emerging role within the health care system that brings in-depth knowledge of the latest diagnostic system developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) is called:
Clinical care coordinator
ICD-10 coder
Diagnostic technologist
Health information technologist
- Question 19
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Select 2 types of supplemental or ancillary services that may be standalone providers or located within an acute care setting.
Medical equipment suppliers
Radiological clinics
Outpatient surgery centers
Dental facilities
- Question 20
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What is a type of business model where a person isn’t responsible for assuming the debts, liabilities, or profits?
Solo practice
Medical group
Wellness center
Corporation
- Question 21
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Which stakeholder is responsible for licensing health care professionals and developing regulations to protect the health of the public?
Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)
American Medical Association
Local public health offices
State departments of health
- Question 22
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Select 2 effects that can result from fragmentation of care within the U.S. health care system.
Increased quality of care
Increased access to clinical best practices
Increased costs of care
Higher rates of preventable hospitalization
- Question 23
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A health maintenance organization (HMO) is established to:
Source and provide durable medical equipment for patients.
Provide care and services to members within an established network of providers for a generally fixed annual fee.
3.Provide access to a wide range of medical professionals based solely on patient choice.
Reduce costs by outsourcing coverage options.
- Question 24
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Emerging roles within the health care industry are driven by a desire to affect improvement in several areas that can include: (select 2)
Quality of care
Access to care
Maximizing per capita spending
Quantity of care
- Question 25
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Among health care organizations, which of these is an example of business ownership that typically must report to its shareholders on a regular basis?
Public-funded mental health facility
Not-for-profit rural health clinic
Indian health service facility
For-profit hospital
- Question 26
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Select 2 types of organizations that have the role of suppliers within the U.S. health care system.
Public health agencies
Pharmaceutical companies
Biotechnology companies
Government-sponsored plans
- Question 27
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This type of care provider focuses on provision of health care and housing services over a long period of time to those patients who may have temporary or chronic illness, injury, or disability.
Ambulatory care
Rehabilitative services
Auxiliary services
Subacute or long-term care
- Question 28
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Within the U.S. health care industry, hospice care generally focuses its efforts on:
Controlling severe pain, while addressing the patient’s social, spiritual, and physical needs
Rehabilitative services to address significant injury or illness aimed at restoring normal capability
Supplementing or supporting acute ambulatory care
Emergency services for individuals in need of immediate life-saving care
- Question 29
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A type of health care organization which allows patients to choose any physician within or outside an existing network is called a:
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
Preferred provider organization (PPO)
Medical home
Community-based health center
- Question 30
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Physician extenders are an important type of stakeholder which provide medical services but are not physicians. Select 2 examples of physician extenders:
Certified nurse midwife
Certified respiratory therapist
Family practitioner
Nurse practitioner