Correct Answers 2026 Updated.
T/F: the purpose of the iron triangle is to address safety - Answer false - that’s part of it but
not all of it
T/F: zip code will always influence our health - Answer false - not always
T/F: the role of the US healthcare is provide services for all who need it - Answer false -
healthcare is a privilege, not a right
T/F: Involuntary commitment for a mental health issue is a governments responsibility - Answer
false - it would be the providers, police, nurses who have the authority
a licensing board aims to protect ____________ - Answer public safety
the joint commission’s purpose is to - Answer accredit health care agencies - organizational
accreditation
in order for a hospital to receive Medicare reimbursement, who must accredit them? - Answer
the joint commission
the US healthcare delivery system is.. - Answer complex and dynamic
autonomy in healthcare means - Answer the right to self determination BUT not always
having that right
coinsurance is always a _________ - Answer percentage
the national patient safety goal is - - Answer using 2 patient identifiers
what is the difference between almshouses and pesthouses - Answer almshouses are for the
sick and cant afford private care
pesthouses are for people who were quarantined - going to die
who created the idea of an open system that forms a complex whole with interdependent and
interactive components? - Answer Ludwig von bertalanffy
, our healthcare system is not a _________ __________ but is working to be one - Answer
integrated whole
this agencies mission is to produce evidence to make healthcare safer, higher quality, more
accessible, equitable within the US - Answer AHRQ - agency for healthcare research
leads federal efforts to promote prevention and treatment of mental disorders - Answer
CMHS - center for mental health services
CDC - Answer Center for disease control and prevention
CMS - Answer center for medicare and medicaid
FDA - Answer health innovation and safer families
the FDA wanted to - Answer 1. reduce burden of addiction crises
2. leverage innovation and competition to improve health care, access, goals
3.empower consumers to make better decisions
strengthen scientific workforce
who is the #1 stakeholder? - Answer the consumer
the AMA - Answer American medical association
the AMA began in ___ and had ____ but no ________
no _________________ - Answer 1847
structure but no standards
no coherent set of principles
what was the turning point in medical education? - Answer the Flexner report - graded the
medical schools
the mother of nursing -
she started what? - Answer Florence nightingale st. the St. Thomas first school of nursing in
england