NURS 420 exam 1 questions with verified answers
accountable care organizations Ans✓✓✓ groups of doctors, hospitals,
and other health care providers, who come together voluntarily to give
coordinated high quality care to their Medicare patients
adaptive theories Ans✓✓✓ this is an interplay among structure, people,
technology
affordable care act Ans✓✓✓ with this act, Healthcare reform was
desperately needed to fix a system that rewarded more care and
discouraged preventive care.
Cost of medical care continued to soar while many Americans lacked
access to basic care.
Designed to provide quality, affordable healthcare for all Americans
Encourages healthcare organizations to establish accountable care
organizations (ACO)
Changed how primary care providers offer care via a health home
benchmarking Ans✓✓✓
bureaucracy Ans✓✓✓
capitation Ans✓✓✓
, Centers for medicare and medicaid services Ans✓✓✓
chain of command Ans✓✓✓
diversification Ans✓✓✓ Expansion of an organization into new arenas
Two common types
Concentric diversification
Organization complements its existing services by expanding into new
markets or broadening the types of services it currently has available
Examples: Coke buying Vitamin Water, Honest Tea
Telephone companies and cable firms offering Internet access
Conglomerate diversification
Expansion into areas that differ from the original product or service
electronic health records Ans✓✓✓
electronic health records Ans✓✓✓ Computerised medical records, often
stored on a centralised server. They reduce redundancies, improve
efficiency, decrease medical errors,and lower healthcare costs
evidence based based practice Ans✓✓✓ steps in this process include
identify clinical question, aquire evidence, evaluate evidence, apply
evidence, assess outcome
accountable care organizations Ans✓✓✓ groups of doctors, hospitals,
and other health care providers, who come together voluntarily to give
coordinated high quality care to their Medicare patients
adaptive theories Ans✓✓✓ this is an interplay among structure, people,
technology
affordable care act Ans✓✓✓ with this act, Healthcare reform was
desperately needed to fix a system that rewarded more care and
discouraged preventive care.
Cost of medical care continued to soar while many Americans lacked
access to basic care.
Designed to provide quality, affordable healthcare for all Americans
Encourages healthcare organizations to establish accountable care
organizations (ACO)
Changed how primary care providers offer care via a health home
benchmarking Ans✓✓✓
bureaucracy Ans✓✓✓
capitation Ans✓✓✓
, Centers for medicare and medicaid services Ans✓✓✓
chain of command Ans✓✓✓
diversification Ans✓✓✓ Expansion of an organization into new arenas
Two common types
Concentric diversification
Organization complements its existing services by expanding into new
markets or broadening the types of services it currently has available
Examples: Coke buying Vitamin Water, Honest Tea
Telephone companies and cable firms offering Internet access
Conglomerate diversification
Expansion into areas that differ from the original product or service
electronic health records Ans✓✓✓
electronic health records Ans✓✓✓ Computerised medical records, often
stored on a centralised server. They reduce redundancies, improve
efficiency, decrease medical errors,and lower healthcare costs
evidence based based practice Ans✓✓✓ steps in this process include
identify clinical question, aquire evidence, evaluate evidence, apply
evidence, assess outcome
