Healthcare and Medical Practice

Healthcare and Medical Practice Questions

1) Briefly describe why “patients who lack a primary care physician” are problematic in the context of connecting one patient’s care outcomes to a specific provider.

1 point will be given for a correct answer.

Approximately 10-20 words should be enough, but any number of words could still get 1 point.

2) Type one of the two examples of how “primary care is being redesigned with new provider models and new tools” that is given on page 6 of the textbook. Then, describe briefly how your chosen example might make healthcare more Equitable and also less Equitable, where Equitable is defined on page 5 of the textbook in Exhibit 1.1.

1 point will be given for a complete and correct answer, as assessed by the grader.

 3) Type one of the two examples of how “primary care is being redesigned with new provider models and new tools” that is given on page 6 of the textbook. Then, describe briefly how your chosen example might make healthcare more Equitable and also less Equitable, where Equitable is defined on page 5 of the textbook in Exhibit 1.1.

1. point will be given for a complete and correct answer, as assessed by the grader.

4)Suppose that X% of your hospital’s staff did not complete their annual employee satisfaction survey, and you think that if you shorten the survey for next year, more people will answer it. The previous sentence is best considered to be an example of __________ on the Knowledge Hierarchy (Exhibit 2.3 in your textbook).

The answer must be Only one word

5) Select one of the Six Aims for the US Healthcare System (Exhibit 1.1 on page 5 of the textbook), and briefly describe how Mass Production in healthcare would help and hurt the achievement of that aim. Mass Production is described on pages 22 and 23.

1 point will be given for correctly describing both parts of the answer.

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6) Consider the delivery of self-care (i.e., you providing healthcare to yourself), in the context of the Six Aims for the US Health System in Exhibit 1.1 on page 5 of the textbook. Pick 1 of those 6 aims, and describe in approximately 15-30 words why self-care helps the US Health System achieve the aim that you chose.

1 point will be given for using 1 of the 6 aims and giving a correct description.

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Question 301 pts

Select 1 of the 6 Aims from Exhibit 1.1 on page 5 of the textbook, and briefly describe how Clinical Decision Support systems support that aim.

1 point will be given for a correct answer.

Question 281 pts

Refer to the definitions of Data, Information, and Knowledge on page 21 of the textbook. Suppose you are a clinic manager, and you have the following Data: 1) on average, 10 patients arrive to your clinic per hour, and 2) on average, each patient stays in your clinic for 1 hour. Briefly describe additional Data or Information that you would want, in order to gain more Knowledge in this situation.

1 point will be given for a complete and correct answer.

Question 251 pts

Describe how the “structure, process, and outcome” framework of Donabedian (on page 34 of the textbook) is related to (for example, “fits within”) the levels of care shown in Exhibit 1.2 on page 9 of the textbook. 1 point will be given for a concise and correct answer of at least 20 words in length. Question 241 pts After reading Chapter 3 page 58, Unintended Consequences, briefly describe why you think EHRs might increase billing and payment amounts for care.

1 point will be given for a correct answer. There are many correct answers.

Question 211 pts

Exactly as is written on page 7 of the textbook, copy 1 of the “Infrastructure Required for Comparative Effectiveness Research: Common Themes”. Then, describe briefly what the theme means to you.

1 point will be given for typing the chosen theme exactly as it is written in the textbook and for describing it in a way that is clear to the grader but not necessarily correct.