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HSA6115 management mid term – Study
Guide 100% Verified.
Inpatient care - Answer✔24 hours or more
outpatient care - Answer✔less than 24 hours
benchmark - Answer✔best performance on a specific measure of which the organization is
aware
two factors that distinguish a hospital from other types of healthcare organizations - Answer✔-
provide acute impatient care
-certified by CMS
-wider breadth of care providers
-have an attached ED
mission - Answer✔central purpose of an organization; reason for existence
vision - Answer✔where organization aspires to go
population health - Answer✔health of a defined group of individuals, such as a state or civil
division, or insured group, measured by the incidence and prevalence of disease or infirmity
incidence - Answer✔newly diagnosed cases of a disease
prevalence - Answer✔total number of cases of disease existing in population
stakeholder - Answer✔individuals or groups who have a direct interest in the organizations
success
OFI - Answer✔opportunity for improvement
patient centered care - Answer✔care that is respectful and responsive to individual patient
preferences, needs and values
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health insurance portability and accountability act HIPAA - Answer✔federal law that addresses
issues of health insurance but also requires HCOs and their workers to protect patient
information and confidentiality diligently
emergency treatment and labor act EMTALA - Answer✔federal act requiring all HCOs that
provide emergency care to accept all patients, regardless of ability to pay, until the patients are
stabilized and can be safely moved
critical access hospitals - Answer✔HCOs with 25 beds or fewer, and without nearby
competition, established to provide support for rural communitites
safety net hospitals - Answer✔hospitals with a disproportionate share of low income,
uninsured patients
top two healthcare expenditures - Answer✔hospital
physicians and other professional services
federally qualified health center FQHC - Answer✔services for underserved areas or populations
that offer a sliding fee scale, provide comprehensive services and have an ongoing quality
program and have a board of directors
accountable care organizations ACO - Answer✔group of healthcare providers that works
collaboratively and accepts collective accountability for cost and quality of care for a specific
population
patient-centered medical home - Answer✔mechanisms for organizing primary care to provide
high-quality care across the full range of individuals health care needs
evidence based medicine - Answer✔conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best
evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients
empowerment - Answer✔the practice of encouraging associates to speak out about
opportunities to increase mission achievement, giving them the ability to change the workplace
internal customers - Answer✔associates and teams who rely on other associates and teams in
the HCO
external customers - Answer✔associates and teams who rely on other associates and teams
outside of the HCO
rounding - Answer✔face-to-face contact and a deliberate effort to communicate at the work
site
administrative: when leaders meet associates at associates' work site
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HSA6115 management mid term – Study
Guide 100% Verified.
Inpatient care - Answer✔24 hours or more
outpatient care - Answer✔less than 24 hours
benchmark - Answer✔best performance on a specific measure of which the organization is
aware
two factors that distinguish a hospital from other types of healthcare organizations - Answer✔-
provide acute impatient care
-certified by CMS
-wider breadth of care providers
-have an attached ED
mission - Answer✔central purpose of an organization; reason for existence
vision - Answer✔where organization aspires to go
population health - Answer✔health of a defined group of individuals, such as a state or civil
division, or insured group, measured by the incidence and prevalence of disease or infirmity
incidence - Answer✔newly diagnosed cases of a disease
prevalence - Answer✔total number of cases of disease existing in population
stakeholder - Answer✔individuals or groups who have a direct interest in the organizations
success
OFI - Answer✔opportunity for improvement
patient centered care - Answer✔care that is respectful and responsive to individual patient
preferences, needs and values
1
, ©THESTAR 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 11:32AM. A+
health insurance portability and accountability act HIPAA - Answer✔federal law that addresses
issues of health insurance but also requires HCOs and their workers to protect patient
information and confidentiality diligently
emergency treatment and labor act EMTALA - Answer✔federal act requiring all HCOs that
provide emergency care to accept all patients, regardless of ability to pay, until the patients are
stabilized and can be safely moved
critical access hospitals - Answer✔HCOs with 25 beds or fewer, and without nearby
competition, established to provide support for rural communitites
safety net hospitals - Answer✔hospitals with a disproportionate share of low income,
uninsured patients
top two healthcare expenditures - Answer✔hospital
physicians and other professional services
federally qualified health center FQHC - Answer✔services for underserved areas or populations
that offer a sliding fee scale, provide comprehensive services and have an ongoing quality
program and have a board of directors
accountable care organizations ACO - Answer✔group of healthcare providers that works
collaboratively and accepts collective accountability for cost and quality of care for a specific
population
patient-centered medical home - Answer✔mechanisms for organizing primary care to provide
high-quality care across the full range of individuals health care needs
evidence based medicine - Answer✔conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best
evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients
empowerment - Answer✔the practice of encouraging associates to speak out about
opportunities to increase mission achievement, giving them the ability to change the workplace
internal customers - Answer✔associates and teams who rely on other associates and teams in
the HCO
external customers - Answer✔associates and teams who rely on other associates and teams
outside of the HCO
rounding - Answer✔face-to-face contact and a deliberate effort to communicate at the work
site
administrative: when leaders meet associates at associates' work site
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