MHA 707 Exam B questions with verified answers
5 Major Areas of LTC Ans✓✓✓ Adult day services
Home health
Hospice
Nursing home
Residential care facilities
AAMC Workforce Projections Ans✓✓✓ 21k fewer active physicians by 2032
AAPA definition of PA Ans✓✓✓ Physicians assistants are healthcare professionals
license to practice medicine with physician supervision
Abreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) Ans✓✓✓ requirements are much
lower than the original NDA which allows competitors to enter the market with
equivalent drugs (80 - 120% of the original), without which the original inventor of
the drug would retain monopoly control until an entirely new cure is found
Adult Day Service Centers Ans✓✓✓ 4,600 centers
286,300 participants
AHA (American hospital association)classifies hospitals in four types based on the
primary function of its diagnostic and therapeutic services Ans✓✓✓ General
Special
Rehabilitation and chronic disease
Psychiatric
,Among the powers reserved to the states is the Ans✓✓✓ Police Power
APN Job Duties Ans✓✓✓ Take and record patient medical hx and symptoms
Perform physics exam and observation
Create patient care plan, contribute info to existing care plan
Perform or order diagnostic test
Operate and monitor medical equipment
Scope of nursing practice established by state board or hiring and legislative
Diagnose health problems
Analyze test results or changes
Give meds and treatment
Evaluate patient response to meds or treatment
Consult with doctors and other professionals
Counsel and educate patients and their family
Conduct clinical research
Are there any special concerns regarding each of the systems? What does each
country do best and worst? Ans✓✓✓ France: rising regional and economic health
disparities, overall cost of providing hc, coordination of care
Canada: availability for care, overall hc budget, coordination of care, health
disparities
ARHQ (agency for healthcare research & quality) Ans✓✓✓ Lead federal agency
charge with improving the safety and quality of America's healthcare system.
, It develops the knowledge tools and data needed to improve the healthcare
system and help Americans, healthcare professionals, and policy makers make
informed health decisions
Asians working in HC Ans✓✓✓ 6.3% US Employed population
Physicians/Surgeons: 19.8%
Pharmacists: 23.1%
Physical Therapist: 14.3%
Beginning Era of the PAs Ans✓✓✓ License provided by medical practice act
72% PA are women, started out as men
Biological Products Ans✓✓✓ complex mixtures of "big molecule drugs" produced
through biotechnology in a living system, such as a microorganism, plant cell, or
animal cell are not easily identified or characterized.
Biological Products Ans✓✓✓ regulated by the Food and Drugs. Administration
(FDA) are used to diagnose, prevent, treat, and cure diseases and medical
conditions
Biologics Characteristics Ans✓✓✓ •Due to their complex nature, it is challenging
to ensure the product remains consistent, and so the production process
becomes critical ("the product is the process")
•considered a "specialty" drug
•In 2018, biologic market est. at $125 B (up 50% from 2014)
•represent the cutting edge of biomedical research
5 Major Areas of LTC Ans✓✓✓ Adult day services
Home health
Hospice
Nursing home
Residential care facilities
AAMC Workforce Projections Ans✓✓✓ 21k fewer active physicians by 2032
AAPA definition of PA Ans✓✓✓ Physicians assistants are healthcare professionals
license to practice medicine with physician supervision
Abreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) Ans✓✓✓ requirements are much
lower than the original NDA which allows competitors to enter the market with
equivalent drugs (80 - 120% of the original), without which the original inventor of
the drug would retain monopoly control until an entirely new cure is found
Adult Day Service Centers Ans✓✓✓ 4,600 centers
286,300 participants
AHA (American hospital association)classifies hospitals in four types based on the
primary function of its diagnostic and therapeutic services Ans✓✓✓ General
Special
Rehabilitation and chronic disease
Psychiatric
,Among the powers reserved to the states is the Ans✓✓✓ Police Power
APN Job Duties Ans✓✓✓ Take and record patient medical hx and symptoms
Perform physics exam and observation
Create patient care plan, contribute info to existing care plan
Perform or order diagnostic test
Operate and monitor medical equipment
Scope of nursing practice established by state board or hiring and legislative
Diagnose health problems
Analyze test results or changes
Give meds and treatment
Evaluate patient response to meds or treatment
Consult with doctors and other professionals
Counsel and educate patients and their family
Conduct clinical research
Are there any special concerns regarding each of the systems? What does each
country do best and worst? Ans✓✓✓ France: rising regional and economic health
disparities, overall cost of providing hc, coordination of care
Canada: availability for care, overall hc budget, coordination of care, health
disparities
ARHQ (agency for healthcare research & quality) Ans✓✓✓ Lead federal agency
charge with improving the safety and quality of America's healthcare system.
, It develops the knowledge tools and data needed to improve the healthcare
system and help Americans, healthcare professionals, and policy makers make
informed health decisions
Asians working in HC Ans✓✓✓ 6.3% US Employed population
Physicians/Surgeons: 19.8%
Pharmacists: 23.1%
Physical Therapist: 14.3%
Beginning Era of the PAs Ans✓✓✓ License provided by medical practice act
72% PA are women, started out as men
Biological Products Ans✓✓✓ complex mixtures of "big molecule drugs" produced
through biotechnology in a living system, such as a microorganism, plant cell, or
animal cell are not easily identified or characterized.
Biological Products Ans✓✓✓ regulated by the Food and Drugs. Administration
(FDA) are used to diagnose, prevent, treat, and cure diseases and medical
conditions
Biologics Characteristics Ans✓✓✓ •Due to their complex nature, it is challenging
to ensure the product remains consistent, and so the production process
becomes critical ("the product is the process")
•considered a "specialty" drug
•In 2018, biologic market est. at $125 B (up 50% from 2014)
•represent the cutting edge of biomedical research
