PH 154 EXAM #2 (ch.5-8) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Retrospective reimbursement: - ANSWER a payment scheme in which reimbursement
rates are based on costs actually incurred
Prospective reimbursement: - ANSWER a method of payment in which certain pre
established criteria are used to determine in advance the amount of reimbursement
Hill Burton act: - ANSWER provided funds to construct hospitals
outpatient care: - ANSWER services that do not require the patient to stay overnight in
the hospital
Technology Diffusion: - ANSWER the process by which innovations are adopted by a
population.
What is Medical Technology?: - ANSWER Application of scientific knowledge to improve
health and efficiencies
Information Technology: - ANSWER Transformation of data into useful information
Electronic Health Records and Systems: - ANSWER Confidentiality under the HIPAA Law
Telemedicine: - ANSWER Employs telecommunications technology for medical
diagnosis and patient care when the provider and the client are separated by distance
Tele-ICU: - ANSWER A centralized critical care team that is networked with the bedside
ICU team through advanced audio visual communication and computer systems
, Synchronous: - ANSWER happening at the same time. Think of "synchronous" as "in
synch"
Asynchronous: - ANSWER "out of synch." opposite of Synchronous
Efficacy (effectiveness): - ANSWER The health benefit derived from the use of
technology
Cost-effectiveness: - ANSWER The additional marginal benefits derived in relation to the
additional marginal costs incurred
Quality-adjusted life year (QALY): - ANSWER The value of 1 year of high-quality life
Biosimilar: - ANSWER a biopharmaceutical drug designed to have active properties
similar to one that has previously been licensed.
Moral hazard: - ANSWER lack of incentive to guard against risk where one is protected
from its consequences, e.g., by insurance.
Premiums: - ANSWER an amount to be paid for an insurance policy.
Risk rating: - ANSWER is used to determine which hazard should take priority over
another in terms of deciding what to do and when.
Experience ratings: - ANSWER Setting of insurance rates based on a group's actual
health care expenses in a prior period, which allows healthier group to pay less
Community ratings: - ANSWER A system in which all members of a community are
charged the same insurance rate
100% VERIFIED
Retrospective reimbursement: - ANSWER a payment scheme in which reimbursement
rates are based on costs actually incurred
Prospective reimbursement: - ANSWER a method of payment in which certain pre
established criteria are used to determine in advance the amount of reimbursement
Hill Burton act: - ANSWER provided funds to construct hospitals
outpatient care: - ANSWER services that do not require the patient to stay overnight in
the hospital
Technology Diffusion: - ANSWER the process by which innovations are adopted by a
population.
What is Medical Technology?: - ANSWER Application of scientific knowledge to improve
health and efficiencies
Information Technology: - ANSWER Transformation of data into useful information
Electronic Health Records and Systems: - ANSWER Confidentiality under the HIPAA Law
Telemedicine: - ANSWER Employs telecommunications technology for medical
diagnosis and patient care when the provider and the client are separated by distance
Tele-ICU: - ANSWER A centralized critical care team that is networked with the bedside
ICU team through advanced audio visual communication and computer systems
, Synchronous: - ANSWER happening at the same time. Think of "synchronous" as "in
synch"
Asynchronous: - ANSWER "out of synch." opposite of Synchronous
Efficacy (effectiveness): - ANSWER The health benefit derived from the use of
technology
Cost-effectiveness: - ANSWER The additional marginal benefits derived in relation to the
additional marginal costs incurred
Quality-adjusted life year (QALY): - ANSWER The value of 1 year of high-quality life
Biosimilar: - ANSWER a biopharmaceutical drug designed to have active properties
similar to one that has previously been licensed.
Moral hazard: - ANSWER lack of incentive to guard against risk where one is protected
from its consequences, e.g., by insurance.
Premiums: - ANSWER an amount to be paid for an insurance policy.
Risk rating: - ANSWER is used to determine which hazard should take priority over
another in terms of deciding what to do and when.
Experience ratings: - ANSWER Setting of insurance rates based on a group's actual
health care expenses in a prior period, which allows healthier group to pay less
Community ratings: - ANSWER A system in which all members of a community are
charged the same insurance rate
