FACHE FINAL PAPER Questions and
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Question:
FMLA.
Answer:
1993: law requiring covered employers to provide employees with job-protected and
unpaid leave for qualified medical family reasons
Question:
Purpose of any HCO.
Answer:
to provide care to individual patients and is usually stated in organization's "mission"
Question:
Population Health.
Answer:
defining the population (by geography, sociodemographic factors, disease state, risk,
insurance coverage or in some other way), measuring the current state of health in the
population, setting goals for improvement and directing resources to making
improvements. US HSS specifies national goals and objectives for population health in
the Healthy People 2020 program
, Question:
Caregiving/Clinical/Logistic/Strategic Teams.
Answer:
Caregiving Teams: Provide care to patients with similar needs (PCP, ACUTE, rehab)
Clinical Support Teams: provide specific clinical services to Caregiving Teams (clinical
laboratory, pharmacy, imaging, cardiopulmonary) Logistic Support Teams-provide
trained personnel, information, facilities, accounting, cash, management and supplies
Strategic Support Teams: provide marketing, governance, internal consulting, finance,
stakeholder relations management and strategic positioning
Question:
Service Lines.
Answer:
Patient care teams coordinated around a set of similar diseases or patient needs
Question:
Premise of a Healthy Community.
Answer:
Costs tend to rise and benefits to decline as care moves away from the healthy state.
Therefore, optimum care maximizes use of prevention, health maintenance, and health
improvement PCP, Acute inpatient or specialty outpatient care, rehab, continuing care
in home or nursing home setting, continuing care in home or nursing home setting,
palliative care and death
Question:
Stakeholders.
Answer:
Individuals or groups who have a direct interest in the organization's success and
shape its mission and strategies. Include buyers, workers, suppliers, regulators and
owners. Patients are the MOST important HCO stakeholders. They expect and deserve
care that meets the goals summarized in IOM's report: Crossing the Quality Chasm
Answers Verified Solutions Latest
Update
Question:
FMLA.
Answer:
1993: law requiring covered employers to provide employees with job-protected and
unpaid leave for qualified medical family reasons
Question:
Purpose of any HCO.
Answer:
to provide care to individual patients and is usually stated in organization's "mission"
Question:
Population Health.
Answer:
defining the population (by geography, sociodemographic factors, disease state, risk,
insurance coverage or in some other way), measuring the current state of health in the
population, setting goals for improvement and directing resources to making
improvements. US HSS specifies national goals and objectives for population health in
the Healthy People 2020 program
, Question:
Caregiving/Clinical/Logistic/Strategic Teams.
Answer:
Caregiving Teams: Provide care to patients with similar needs (PCP, ACUTE, rehab)
Clinical Support Teams: provide specific clinical services to Caregiving Teams (clinical
laboratory, pharmacy, imaging, cardiopulmonary) Logistic Support Teams-provide
trained personnel, information, facilities, accounting, cash, management and supplies
Strategic Support Teams: provide marketing, governance, internal consulting, finance,
stakeholder relations management and strategic positioning
Question:
Service Lines.
Answer:
Patient care teams coordinated around a set of similar diseases or patient needs
Question:
Premise of a Healthy Community.
Answer:
Costs tend to rise and benefits to decline as care moves away from the healthy state.
Therefore, optimum care maximizes use of prevention, health maintenance, and health
improvement PCP, Acute inpatient or specialty outpatient care, rehab, continuing care
in home or nursing home setting, continuing care in home or nursing home setting,
palliative care and death
Question:
Stakeholders.
Answer:
Individuals or groups who have a direct interest in the organization's success and
shape its mission and strategies. Include buyers, workers, suppliers, regulators and
owners. Patients are the MOST important HCO stakeholders. They expect and deserve
care that meets the goals summarized in IOM's report: Crossing the Quality Chasm
