Exam UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
interdisciplinary team - CORRECT ANSWER a group of health care professionals
with varied medical educations, backgrounds, and experiences who work together to deliver
the best possible care for each patient.
a group of medical experts from different disciplines who work together to treat patient
needs.
connected care - CORRECT ANSWER the communication and relationship between a
patient and a health provider.
Connected care and communication must established across an interdisciplinary team to
provide quality pnt services.
to solve the patient's problems.
PCMH-patient centered medical home - CORRECT ANSWER A model of patient care
designed to provide preventative services and comprehensive care facilitated by a personal
physician who coordinates the patient's health care services with other health care
professionals, including Pharmacists.
APM - CORRECT ANSWER Alternative Payment Models; payment approach that
gives added incentive payments to provide high quality and cost efficient care
Triple Aim of Healthcare - CORRECT ANSWER Better patient experience, lower
costs, improved population health.
- improved the pnts experience
-improve the health of pnt pop.
-Lower cost of care (per capita costs)
Quadruple Aim in healthcare - CORRECT ANSWER Improving the clinician
experience
, What is the most basic form of disconnection? - CORRECT
ANSWER Miscommunication
What are the pillars of connected care? - CORRECT ANSWER -care transitions
-care coordination
-collaboration
-communication
-teamwork
Connected care approach - CORRECT ANSWER connects all elements of care through
clinician consistency and info sharing @ each step in care. Also includes electronic info
exchange.
The need for interdisciplinary teams has increased due to... - CORRECT
ANSWER aging patient population, a growing body of medical knowledge, and an
increase in specialization among healthcare professionals.
Fragmentation - CORRECT ANSWER the process or state of breaking or being broken
into small or separate parts.
What is an advantage of interdisciplinary teams in healthcare? - CORRECT
ANSWER An interdisciplinary team improves the efficiency of patients' medical
treatments.Patients receive a comprehensive treatment that addresses all their symptoms, thus
improving the possibility of an efficient recovery.
What is the purpose of an interdisciplinary team in healthcare? - CORRECT
ANSWER Interdisciplinary teams implement coordinated care, teamwork, and
managed care transitions for patients
patient-centered care - CORRECT ANSWER a focus on the problem instead of a
patient's diagnosis to establish trusting, personal relationships between the doctor and the
patient