Healthcare Ecosystem and System
1. What is the entire structure that supports healthcare provision to individuals?
Answer: The healthcare ecosystem.
2. Who are the key stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem?
Answer: Patients, providers, professional administrators, policymakers, and payers.
Stakeholders and Clients
3. What group of people have a common interest in a business, especially in healthcare?
Answer: Stakeholders.
4. Which type of disparity is experienced by a client who has received nutritional counseling but is on a
fixed income and shops at a food pantry with limited food selection?
Answer: Access to social needs.
5. What is one of the social determinants of health that can affect a client's health outcomes?
Answer: Financial restrictions and inability to afford proper dietary food choices.
Quadruple Aim
6. What is one of the components of the Quadruple Aim of healthcare?
Answer: Improving population health (preventive care).
7. What are the four main aims of the Quadruple Aim in healthcare?
, Answer: Enhancing patient experience, improving population health, reducing costs, and improving
work-life balance.
Healthcare Providers
8. What role do healthcare providers play in the healthcare ecosystem?
Answer: Providers perform services such as doctors, mid-level providers, nurses, occupational
therapists, physical therapists, and mental health providers.
9. Which type of provider is responsible for performing medical procedures, designing treatment plans,
and coordinating with a client's entire medical team?
Answer: Hospitalists.
10. What type of provider serves as a client's main point of contact throughout their stay in an inpatient
facility?
Answer: Hospitalists.
Government Organizations
11. Which government organization monitors payers' organizations and accredits health insurance
companies?
Answer: National Commission on Quality Assurance.
12. Which agency under the Department of Health can help clients locate resources to assist with out-
of-pocket expenses?
Answer: Social Security Office.
Payers
13. What type of insurance covers more than half of the U.S. population under 65 years old?
Answer: Employer-sponsored insurance plans.