All of the following are commonly recognized to be a right of each patient,
except:
a. The right to considerate and respectful care
b. The right to receive a reasonable response to his/her requests
c. The right to communicate with a caregiver in the language of the
patients choosing
d. For dying patients, the right to receive pain management. correct
answersC.
Insurance companies and other payers have introduced pre-admission
certification for elective hospital stays in order to:
e. Cause physicians to reconsider need for service
f. Facilitate communication between hospital and the attending physician
g. Establish clinical necessity prior to service
h.Encourage the patient to obtain a second opinion correct
answersC. Guidelines produced by the Agency for Health Care
Policy and Research:
i. Have been shown to decrease healthcare costs
j. Rarely need to be revised
k. Provide starting points for managing individual patients
l.Have been shown to improve the quality of care correct
answersC. CEO compensation should be based on:
m.The compensation arrangements with the prior CEO
n. Executive compensation in local corporations with similar
gross revenues
o. Present salary plus cost-of-living adjustment
p.What the institution would have to pay for a similarly prepared person
if that person were
,employed elsewhere correct answersD.
An essential function of the governing board is to:
a. Approve the mission, vision, and long-range plan
b. Focus on strategic planning
c. Prepare the operating plan
d. Review performance of departmental activities correct answersA.
Members of the medical staff are eligible for full membership on the
governing board in the same manner as other individuals:
e. When not legally prohibited
f. When they do not actively practice in the organization
g. When they are not full-time employees
h.If they are not foreign nationals correct
answersA. Regarding the budget, the board:
i. Does not use the budget exercise as a way
to improve quality and productivity
j. Gets involved in preparing budgets for all
operational units
k. Decides which personnel are needed in top
management
l.Establishes guidelines and makes final choices among competing
opportunities correct answersD.
The individual or group responsible for establishing policy, maintaining
quality of care and
providing for institutional management planning is the:
m.Chief operating officer
n. Medical staff executive committee
o. Governing body
, d. Chief executive officer correct answersC.
A correct statement regarding trustees serving as fiduciaries is that they
can:
a.Be indicted for alleged theft of facility funds and the improper
expenditure of facility funds for personal reasons
b.Be released from responsibility by giving the audit committee final
authority in high- risk areas of financial matters, without any action by the
whole board
c.Be held personally liable for wrongful acts or omissions by corporate
officers or co- trustees by virtue of their position as trustees
d.Waive their fiduciary responsibility as a community organization
correct answersA. Ultimate responsibility for the mission statement rests
with the:
e. CEO and medical staff
f. Governing board
g. Community and CEO
h. Chief executive correct answersB.
A key reason for choosing board members is because:
i. Other board members want to listen to their opinions
j. Of what they can do for the organization
k. They have high status in the community
l. Physicians will listen to them correct answersB.
The bylaws of healthcare organizations should include which of the
following:
m.Committee scope and function
n. The privileges of the medical staff
o. The names of the stockholders in the organization
p. Composition of the governing board, committees and officers correct
answersD.