NUR 372 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
The tools used to store, process, and communicate technology. - Answer -Healthcare
technology.
Program that focuses on attaining meaningful use of EHR's as a pathway toward
improved health system performance. The attainment of meaningful use depends on
adoption of EHR's and the development of secure and private pathways for exchanging
health information. - Answer -HITECH.
Management of information through various systems such as documentation, policies,
and compliance. - Answer -Health information management.
Promises an increase in Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement to providers and hospitals
that can successfully show adaptation of an EMR. - Answer -Meaningful use of EHR
incentive program.
What are the four benefits of the EHR? - Answer -Safety, communication, efficiency,
access.
What is National Priorities Partnership Goal #1? - Answer -Patient and family
engagement.
What is National Priorities Partnership Goal #2? - Answer -Population health.
What is National Priorities Partnership Goal #3? - Answer -Safety/elimination of errors.
What is National Priorities Partnership Goal #4? - Answer -Care coordination.
What is National Priorities Partnership Goal #5? - Answer -Palliative care for advanced
illnesses.
What is National Priorities Partnership Goal #6? - Answer -Overuse/reducing waste.
This organization was created to review the quality, quantity, and cost of hospital care
provided through Medicare/Medicaid. - Answer -Professional Standards Review
Organization (PSRO).
Who reviews admissions, diagnostic testing, and treatments provided by physicians
who cared for patients receiving Medicare? - Answer -Utilization Review Committees
(UR).
What are PSRO and UR used for? - Answer -Cost control.
What are resource utilization groups used for? - Answer -Long term care settings.
, The payment mechanism that providers receive a fixed amount per patient or enrollee
or a health care plan. - Answer -Capacitation.
What provides access to healthcare for all, reducing cost, and improving quality? -
Answer -Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
A set of providers and services organized to deliver a continuum of care to a population
of patients at a capacitated cost in a particular setting? - Answer -Integrated delivery
networks.
What age groups is the most without insurance? - Answer -19-29.
What is another name for secondary and tertiary care? - Answer -Acute care.
What is the most common and expensive service? - Answer -Disease management.
How are major attributes distinguished? - Answer -Purpose, trust, and workforce.
What is the purpose of HCO for major attributes? - Answer -Mission, vision, and values.
#1 IOM identified as essential for all healthcare workers? - Answer -Provide patient
centered care.
#2 IOM identified as essential for all healthcare workers? - Answer -Work in
interdisciplinary teams.
#3 IOM identified as essential for all healthcare workers? - Answer -Use EBP.
#4 IOM identified as essential for all healthcare workers? - Answer -Apply quality
improvement.
#5 IOM identified as essential for all healthcare workers? - Answer -Use informatics.
Quality improvement strategies that reward excellence through financial incentives to
motivate change to achieve measurable improvements. - Answer -Pay for performance.
Study done to measure patients perception of their hospital stay. - Answer -Hospital
Consumer of Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS).
Used to recognize healthcare organizations that achieve excellence in nursing practice.
- Answer -Magnet status.
Used to measure nursing sensitive outcomes. - Answer -National Database of Nursing
Quality Indicators (NDNQI).
The tools used to store, process, and communicate technology. - Answer -Healthcare
technology.
Program that focuses on attaining meaningful use of EHR's as a pathway toward
improved health system performance. The attainment of meaningful use depends on
adoption of EHR's and the development of secure and private pathways for exchanging
health information. - Answer -HITECH.
Management of information through various systems such as documentation, policies,
and compliance. - Answer -Health information management.
Promises an increase in Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement to providers and hospitals
that can successfully show adaptation of an EMR. - Answer -Meaningful use of EHR
incentive program.
What are the four benefits of the EHR? - Answer -Safety, communication, efficiency,
access.
What is National Priorities Partnership Goal #1? - Answer -Patient and family
engagement.
What is National Priorities Partnership Goal #2? - Answer -Population health.
What is National Priorities Partnership Goal #3? - Answer -Safety/elimination of errors.
What is National Priorities Partnership Goal #4? - Answer -Care coordination.
What is National Priorities Partnership Goal #5? - Answer -Palliative care for advanced
illnesses.
What is National Priorities Partnership Goal #6? - Answer -Overuse/reducing waste.
This organization was created to review the quality, quantity, and cost of hospital care
provided through Medicare/Medicaid. - Answer -Professional Standards Review
Organization (PSRO).
Who reviews admissions, diagnostic testing, and treatments provided by physicians
who cared for patients receiving Medicare? - Answer -Utilization Review Committees
(UR).
What are PSRO and UR used for? - Answer -Cost control.
What are resource utilization groups used for? - Answer -Long term care settings.
, The payment mechanism that providers receive a fixed amount per patient or enrollee
or a health care plan. - Answer -Capacitation.
What provides access to healthcare for all, reducing cost, and improving quality? -
Answer -Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
A set of providers and services organized to deliver a continuum of care to a population
of patients at a capacitated cost in a particular setting? - Answer -Integrated delivery
networks.
What age groups is the most without insurance? - Answer -19-29.
What is another name for secondary and tertiary care? - Answer -Acute care.
What is the most common and expensive service? - Answer -Disease management.
How are major attributes distinguished? - Answer -Purpose, trust, and workforce.
What is the purpose of HCO for major attributes? - Answer -Mission, vision, and values.
#1 IOM identified as essential for all healthcare workers? - Answer -Provide patient
centered care.
#2 IOM identified as essential for all healthcare workers? - Answer -Work in
interdisciplinary teams.
#3 IOM identified as essential for all healthcare workers? - Answer -Use EBP.
#4 IOM identified as essential for all healthcare workers? - Answer -Apply quality
improvement.
#5 IOM identified as essential for all healthcare workers? - Answer -Use informatics.
Quality improvement strategies that reward excellence through financial incentives to
motivate change to achieve measurable improvements. - Answer -Pay for performance.
Study done to measure patients perception of their hospital stay. - Answer -Hospital
Consumer of Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS).
Used to recognize healthcare organizations that achieve excellence in nursing practice.
- Answer -Magnet status.
Used to measure nursing sensitive outcomes. - Answer -National Database of Nursing
Quality Indicators (NDNQI).
