HSA 3111 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS!!
In colonial America, the primary functions of hospitals were to: - ANSWERshelter
older adults, the dying, orphans, and vagrants and protect community residents from
contagiously sick and mentally ill persons.
The development that contributed most significant to the decline of the social mission
of voluntary hospitals was the: - ANSWERenactment of private and public insurance
reimbursement for hospital care
The ultimate responsibility for everything that happens within a hospital, including the
medical and nursing care provided, rests with a hospital's: - ANSWERboard of
directors.
a major obligation of physicians when obtaining informed consent for a medical
procedure is to: - ANSWERensure that the patient understands the risks, benefits,
and alternatives of the procedure
Until the mid-1980s, hospitals were reimbursed for whatever they charged on a
"retrospective" basis. now they are paid a certain amount for each patient's care on a
predetermined "prospective" basis. the amount they are paid is based on: -
ANSWERdiagnosis related groups (DRGs)
Thought discharge planning, hospitals help assure that safe and appropriate post-
hospital care is arranged for each patient. medicare patients may appeal what they
believe to be a premature or inappropriate discharge by petitioning which of the
following organizations? - ANSWERQuality improvement organization (QIO)
(In health care) Which of the following terms refers to a system that includes several
service components with each addressing one or more dimensions of a population's
healthcare needs? - ANSWERvertically integrated
A major trend is hospital corporate organization over the past few years as hospitals
strategically prepared for system reforms has included: - ANSWERMergers and
consolidations into larger systems of care
Hospital value-based purchasing now required by the ACA for over 3,000 Medicare
participating hospitals is a program that may be best described as using -
ANSWERIncentive payments for achievements and improvements in clinical care
and patient satisfaction
Hospitals in the future health care system will: - ANSWERno longer be the axis of
health care delivery but retain core roles as sites of sophisticated care, professional
teaching and clinical research
ANSWERS!!
In colonial America, the primary functions of hospitals were to: - ANSWERshelter
older adults, the dying, orphans, and vagrants and protect community residents from
contagiously sick and mentally ill persons.
The development that contributed most significant to the decline of the social mission
of voluntary hospitals was the: - ANSWERenactment of private and public insurance
reimbursement for hospital care
The ultimate responsibility for everything that happens within a hospital, including the
medical and nursing care provided, rests with a hospital's: - ANSWERboard of
directors.
a major obligation of physicians when obtaining informed consent for a medical
procedure is to: - ANSWERensure that the patient understands the risks, benefits,
and alternatives of the procedure
Until the mid-1980s, hospitals were reimbursed for whatever they charged on a
"retrospective" basis. now they are paid a certain amount for each patient's care on a
predetermined "prospective" basis. the amount they are paid is based on: -
ANSWERdiagnosis related groups (DRGs)
Thought discharge planning, hospitals help assure that safe and appropriate post-
hospital care is arranged for each patient. medicare patients may appeal what they
believe to be a premature or inappropriate discharge by petitioning which of the
following organizations? - ANSWERQuality improvement organization (QIO)
(In health care) Which of the following terms refers to a system that includes several
service components with each addressing one or more dimensions of a population's
healthcare needs? - ANSWERvertically integrated
A major trend is hospital corporate organization over the past few years as hospitals
strategically prepared for system reforms has included: - ANSWERMergers and
consolidations into larger systems of care
Hospital value-based purchasing now required by the ACA for over 3,000 Medicare
participating hospitals is a program that may be best described as using -
ANSWERIncentive payments for achievements and improvements in clinical care
and patient satisfaction
Hospitals in the future health care system will: - ANSWERno longer be the axis of
health care delivery but retain core roles as sites of sophisticated care, professional
teaching and clinical research
