ABQAURP PAPER ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔HITECH Act -Health information technology for Economic and Clinical Health -
✔✔2009, part of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to promote meaningful use
of Health information technology.
Promoted EHR
E-prescribing
given incentives
✔✔ACA- Affordable Care Act - ✔✔March 2010- 10 Titles
1-mandate health care coverage
3-test new ways to deliver care to pts-better care, lower cost
✔✔PPS-Prospective Payment System - ✔✔decreased Medicare and Medicaid
payments to hosp c higher than expected readmission rates
MI, CHF, pneumonia
✔✔Transition of Care - ✔✔action to ensure coordination and continuity of health care.
Assist in change of care ie to palliative
4 week program
annual intervention 196$ per pt
TCN- transition Care Nurse
esp c pt c chronic conditions and complex care needs
savings 1,362/pt
✔✔Project RED-project reengineered D/C - ✔✔From BU, r. Jack a more efficient d/c
system
-educate about dc dx
-discuss test
-reconcile meds
-coordinate appts
-expedite d/c summary to PCP
, -give written d/c DEMONSTRTED 30% lower 30d readm rate
✔✔Project BOOST-better outcomes for older adults through Safe transitions - ✔✔goal
to reduce 30d readm rates, inprove pt satisfaction, improve flow of info, identify high risk
pts
✔✔STAAR-state action on avoidable hospitalization initiative - ✔✔launched by
IHI(institute for healthcare improvement)
-focus on readm rates
✔✔H2H-hospital to home - ✔✔developed by ACA to reduce cardiovascular readm
rates.
-competent c meds
-fu scheduled
-know s/s of needing medical attention.
✔✔Dr. Codman, Boston Surgeon - ✔✔started standards and accreditations in early
20th century
✔✔AAAHC accreditation assoc for ambulatory health care - ✔✔accredits over 5k
ambulatory health care orgs.
✔✔AAASF-American ass for accreditation of ambulatory surg facilities - ✔✔- improve
the quality of medical and surgical care in ambulatory surg facilities
✔✔ACR-American college of radiology - ✔✔-medical imaging
✔✔Malcolm bridge national quality program - ✔✔given by President of USA to business
or health care org that judged to be outstanding in 7 area, leadership, planning,
customer focus, HR focus, process mgt.
✔✔CAP-college of pathologists - ✔✔laboratories
✔✔CARF-commission of accreditation of Rehab facilities - ✔✔disability, addiction and
substance abuse facility
✔✔CHAP-community health accreditation prog - ✔✔not for profit accrediting body for
health hospice and DME
✔✔HFEP=healthcare facilities accreditation program - ✔✔hopst, ambulatory care,
,mental health and rehab
✔✔IAC-Intersocietal accreditation comm - ✔✔accreditation for vascular services, echo,
nuclear and carotid stents
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔HITECH Act -Health information technology for Economic and Clinical Health -
✔✔2009, part of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to promote meaningful use
of Health information technology.
Promoted EHR
E-prescribing
given incentives
✔✔ACA- Affordable Care Act - ✔✔March 2010- 10 Titles
1-mandate health care coverage
3-test new ways to deliver care to pts-better care, lower cost
✔✔PPS-Prospective Payment System - ✔✔decreased Medicare and Medicaid
payments to hosp c higher than expected readmission rates
MI, CHF, pneumonia
✔✔Transition of Care - ✔✔action to ensure coordination and continuity of health care.
Assist in change of care ie to palliative
4 week program
annual intervention 196$ per pt
TCN- transition Care Nurse
esp c pt c chronic conditions and complex care needs
savings 1,362/pt
✔✔Project RED-project reengineered D/C - ✔✔From BU, r. Jack a more efficient d/c
system
-educate about dc dx
-discuss test
-reconcile meds
-coordinate appts
-expedite d/c summary to PCP
, -give written d/c DEMONSTRTED 30% lower 30d readm rate
✔✔Project BOOST-better outcomes for older adults through Safe transitions - ✔✔goal
to reduce 30d readm rates, inprove pt satisfaction, improve flow of info, identify high risk
pts
✔✔STAAR-state action on avoidable hospitalization initiative - ✔✔launched by
IHI(institute for healthcare improvement)
-focus on readm rates
✔✔H2H-hospital to home - ✔✔developed by ACA to reduce cardiovascular readm
rates.
-competent c meds
-fu scheduled
-know s/s of needing medical attention.
✔✔Dr. Codman, Boston Surgeon - ✔✔started standards and accreditations in early
20th century
✔✔AAAHC accreditation assoc for ambulatory health care - ✔✔accredits over 5k
ambulatory health care orgs.
✔✔AAASF-American ass for accreditation of ambulatory surg facilities - ✔✔- improve
the quality of medical and surgical care in ambulatory surg facilities
✔✔ACR-American college of radiology - ✔✔-medical imaging
✔✔Malcolm bridge national quality program - ✔✔given by President of USA to business
or health care org that judged to be outstanding in 7 area, leadership, planning,
customer focus, HR focus, process mgt.
✔✔CAP-college of pathologists - ✔✔laboratories
✔✔CARF-commission of accreditation of Rehab facilities - ✔✔disability, addiction and
substance abuse facility
✔✔CHAP-community health accreditation prog - ✔✔not for profit accrediting body for
health hospice and DME
✔✔HFEP=healthcare facilities accreditation program - ✔✔hopst, ambulatory care,
,mental health and rehab
✔✔IAC-Intersocietal accreditation comm - ✔✔accreditation for vascular services, echo,
nuclear and carotid stents
