CPMSM EXAMS 2 ALL ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
✔✔What are the three major sources of authority in the traditional structure of the
hospital organization - ✔✔CEO, Governing Body and Medical Staff
✔✔How does the governing body of a hospital set the organization policy that supports
quality patient care - ✔✔By developing the mission, vision, policies and bylaws that
govern the hospital's operations
✔✔Governing boards maybe generally classed into which two types - ✔✔Philanthropic
or corporate
✔✔Which of the following is a major responsibility of the CEO - ✔✔Keeping the medical
staff informed about the hospital's plans, organizational changes, board policies, and
decisions affecting providers and their patients.
✔✔To whom is the medical staff organization accountable for the quality of the
professional services provided by individuals with clinical privileges - ✔✔governing body
✔✔Which term describes the position employed or contracted by the hospital as a top
level management employee to act as a liaison between the medical staff and hospital
administration - ✔✔Medical director
✔✔Which of the following are included in the functions of the medical staff -
✔✔Providing in evaluating patient care
✔✔Which of the following describes a committee that is assembled or pointed to
perform a specific task or duty, works independently and reports back to larger
committee and typically dispense after the assigned task or duty is performed or
completed - ✔✔Ad hoc committee
, ✔✔When developing bylaws language for a committee, consideration should be given
to which of the following - ✔✔Composition, duties and frequency of meetings
✔✔The credentials committee needs guidance regarding which positions will be allowed
to perform a new procedure in the hospital it has recommended that a committee be
appointed to evaluate this issue and report back to the credentials committee. What
kind of committee would be appointed? - ✔✔Ad hoc committee
✔✔Which term describes a physician who provides the general medical care of
hospitalized patients only and turns over the care of the patient to the primary care
physician after discharge? - ✔✔Hospitalist
✔✔Which term describes the category of medical staff appointment that provides a
basic framework within which physicians and other healthcare providers carry out their
duties and responsibilities? - ✔✔Staff status
✔✔Which term describes interns and residents and medical education programs of a
teaching hospital - ✔✔House staff
✔✔Which term describes the special classification used to reflect honor and respect for
selected distinguished members of the medical community - ✔✔Honorary or emeritus
staff
✔✔Which term describes privileges granted for a specific period of time to a practitioner
while hospital board approval is pending - ✔✔Temporary privileges
✔✔Which document describes the organizational structure of the medical staff and
defines the framework within which medical staff appointees act and interact in hospital
related activities - ✔✔Medical staff bylaws
✔✔Bylaws changes are not effective until final approval by which body - ✔✔governing
body
✔✔Which term describes the mechanism by which an aggrieved practitioner, one who
has been the recipient of disciplinary action, is entitled to be heard and to appeal an
adverse decision - ✔✔Procedural rights or fair hearing
✔✔What landmark case set aside the charitable immunity doctrine and established the
corporate negligence doctrine also known as negligent credentialing - ✔✔Darling vs
Charleston Memorial Community Hospital
✔✔What is the name of the act, known as the Federal anti-dumping the law, which was
enacted to stop hospitals transferring, discharging, or refusing to treat indigent patients
SET A+
✔✔What are the three major sources of authority in the traditional structure of the
hospital organization - ✔✔CEO, Governing Body and Medical Staff
✔✔How does the governing body of a hospital set the organization policy that supports
quality patient care - ✔✔By developing the mission, vision, policies and bylaws that
govern the hospital's operations
✔✔Governing boards maybe generally classed into which two types - ✔✔Philanthropic
or corporate
✔✔Which of the following is a major responsibility of the CEO - ✔✔Keeping the medical
staff informed about the hospital's plans, organizational changes, board policies, and
decisions affecting providers and their patients.
✔✔To whom is the medical staff organization accountable for the quality of the
professional services provided by individuals with clinical privileges - ✔✔governing body
✔✔Which term describes the position employed or contracted by the hospital as a top
level management employee to act as a liaison between the medical staff and hospital
administration - ✔✔Medical director
✔✔Which of the following are included in the functions of the medical staff -
✔✔Providing in evaluating patient care
✔✔Which of the following describes a committee that is assembled or pointed to
perform a specific task or duty, works independently and reports back to larger
committee and typically dispense after the assigned task or duty is performed or
completed - ✔✔Ad hoc committee
, ✔✔When developing bylaws language for a committee, consideration should be given
to which of the following - ✔✔Composition, duties and frequency of meetings
✔✔The credentials committee needs guidance regarding which positions will be allowed
to perform a new procedure in the hospital it has recommended that a committee be
appointed to evaluate this issue and report back to the credentials committee. What
kind of committee would be appointed? - ✔✔Ad hoc committee
✔✔Which term describes a physician who provides the general medical care of
hospitalized patients only and turns over the care of the patient to the primary care
physician after discharge? - ✔✔Hospitalist
✔✔Which term describes the category of medical staff appointment that provides a
basic framework within which physicians and other healthcare providers carry out their
duties and responsibilities? - ✔✔Staff status
✔✔Which term describes interns and residents and medical education programs of a
teaching hospital - ✔✔House staff
✔✔Which term describes the special classification used to reflect honor and respect for
selected distinguished members of the medical community - ✔✔Honorary or emeritus
staff
✔✔Which term describes privileges granted for a specific period of time to a practitioner
while hospital board approval is pending - ✔✔Temporary privileges
✔✔Which document describes the organizational structure of the medical staff and
defines the framework within which medical staff appointees act and interact in hospital
related activities - ✔✔Medical staff bylaws
✔✔Bylaws changes are not effective until final approval by which body - ✔✔governing
body
✔✔Which term describes the mechanism by which an aggrieved practitioner, one who
has been the recipient of disciplinary action, is entitled to be heard and to appeal an
adverse decision - ✔✔Procedural rights or fair hearing
✔✔What landmark case set aside the charitable immunity doctrine and established the
corporate negligence doctrine also known as negligent credentialing - ✔✔Darling vs
Charleston Memorial Community Hospital
✔✔What is the name of the act, known as the Federal anti-dumping the law, which was
enacted to stop hospitals transferring, discharging, or refusing to treat indigent patients
