MHA 708 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Explain information asymmetry as it relates to informed consent - ✔✔•Respect and
promote the autonomy of patients and research participants
•Protect patients and research participants from potential harm
•Three components:
—Prerequisites
—Clear and truthful information
—Free and voluntary enrollment
✔✔What is HIPAA
Why is it important? - ✔✔•Prohibits insurers from discriminating against their
subscribers through enrollment restrictions or prohibitively expensive premiums
assessed on the basis of health factors, including prior medical conditions, previous
claims, and genetic information
•Allows certain individuals to enroll in group or individual health plans following the loss
of their employment-based coverage
•Mandated the development of personal health records to increase patients' access to
their healthcare information and their sense of ownership over the information;
implemented data-breach notification laws and other privacy protection mechanisms
✔✔What is EMTALA?
Why is it important? - ✔✔•All Medicare-participating hospitals with emergency
departments must provide a medical screening examination, stabilization, and further
care as needed to all patients, or transfer a patient if necessary, regardless of the
patient's ability to pay
•Requires hospitals to maintain a list of on-call physicians
, •Prohibits hospitals with specialized capabilities or facilities from refusing an appropriate
transfer if the hospital has the ability to treat the individual
✔✔ The structure and functions of the World Health Assembly - ✔✔Delegations from
WHO's 193 member countries
Decision-making and policymaking body
✔✔The structure and functions of the Executive Board - ✔✔Facilitates the work of the
World Health Assembly and advises on technical issues related to health (UN)
✔✔The structure and functions of the Secretariat - ✔✔Main policy implementation body
of WHO
✔✔WHO 6 Core Functions - ✔✔1.Act as a leader and partner on health issues
worldwide (UN)
2.Set research priorities and encourage the sharing of health-related knowledge
3.Establish standards of practice and support and monitor their adoption (Help in
individual countries)
4.Advance policy options founded on ethical and evidence-based principles
5.Lend technical support to health initiatives and contribute to capacity building (also
provide emergency aid)
6.Monitor health issues around the world and identify patterns and trends
✔✔WHO - ✔✔Coordinates population health programs,
mass immunization campaigns,
and emergency response efforts to natural disasters and disease outbreaks,
and provides statistical monitoring of disease prevalence.
✔✔What is the WHO policymaking process - ✔✔Proposals for new resolutions or
motions submitted →
Preliminary impact analysis by WHO's director-general→
Appropriate committee examines the proposal and related report at plenary meetings→
Vote in the World Health Assembly→
Policy implementation by the Secretariat
✔✔How do the WHO and UN interact? - ✔✔Establish and maintain effective
collaboration with the United Nations, specialized agencies, governmental health
administrations, professional groups, and such other organizations
. Proposals of particular importance, such as the appointment of the director-general
and proposals involving other UN agencies require a two-thirds majority vote to be
adopted
✔✔Explain information asymmetry as it relates to informed consent - ✔✔•Respect and
promote the autonomy of patients and research participants
•Protect patients and research participants from potential harm
•Three components:
—Prerequisites
—Clear and truthful information
—Free and voluntary enrollment
✔✔What is HIPAA
Why is it important? - ✔✔•Prohibits insurers from discriminating against their
subscribers through enrollment restrictions or prohibitively expensive premiums
assessed on the basis of health factors, including prior medical conditions, previous
claims, and genetic information
•Allows certain individuals to enroll in group or individual health plans following the loss
of their employment-based coverage
•Mandated the development of personal health records to increase patients' access to
their healthcare information and their sense of ownership over the information;
implemented data-breach notification laws and other privacy protection mechanisms
✔✔What is EMTALA?
Why is it important? - ✔✔•All Medicare-participating hospitals with emergency
departments must provide a medical screening examination, stabilization, and further
care as needed to all patients, or transfer a patient if necessary, regardless of the
patient's ability to pay
•Requires hospitals to maintain a list of on-call physicians
, •Prohibits hospitals with specialized capabilities or facilities from refusing an appropriate
transfer if the hospital has the ability to treat the individual
✔✔ The structure and functions of the World Health Assembly - ✔✔Delegations from
WHO's 193 member countries
Decision-making and policymaking body
✔✔The structure and functions of the Executive Board - ✔✔Facilitates the work of the
World Health Assembly and advises on technical issues related to health (UN)
✔✔The structure and functions of the Secretariat - ✔✔Main policy implementation body
of WHO
✔✔WHO 6 Core Functions - ✔✔1.Act as a leader and partner on health issues
worldwide (UN)
2.Set research priorities and encourage the sharing of health-related knowledge
3.Establish standards of practice and support and monitor their adoption (Help in
individual countries)
4.Advance policy options founded on ethical and evidence-based principles
5.Lend technical support to health initiatives and contribute to capacity building (also
provide emergency aid)
6.Monitor health issues around the world and identify patterns and trends
✔✔WHO - ✔✔Coordinates population health programs,
mass immunization campaigns,
and emergency response efforts to natural disasters and disease outbreaks,
and provides statistical monitoring of disease prevalence.
✔✔What is the WHO policymaking process - ✔✔Proposals for new resolutions or
motions submitted →
Preliminary impact analysis by WHO's director-general→
Appropriate committee examines the proposal and related report at plenary meetings→
Vote in the World Health Assembly→
Policy implementation by the Secretariat
✔✔How do the WHO and UN interact? - ✔✔Establish and maintain effective
collaboration with the United Nations, specialized agencies, governmental health
administrations, professional groups, and such other organizations
. Proposals of particular importance, such as the appointment of the director-general
and proposals involving other UN agencies require a two-thirds majority vote to be
adopted
