NSG 6002 Health Policy Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Q: Hospitals and other care providers use the patient A: The patient engagement framework is the pathway- or roadmap- toward
engagement framework to gradually expand the tools getting patients fully integrating into his or her own health care.
and methods they use to improve quality of care delivery
as well as quality of health. What do I really mean by
that?
Q: Why should providers care about meaningful use? A: Meaningful rules allow hospitals and clinicians to receive reimbursement for
HIT investments initially and to avoid penalties in the future when that technology
is used in ways that enhance the experience and quality of care. It's also one more
way for us to help push our healthcare system in the direction of being a value
based system.
Q: How do we accomplish keeping providers and A: Most healthcare systems address the "Inform Me" need through their patient
patients informed? (the Inform Me level of the Patient and marketing portals-- Including providing health information through the
Engagement Framework) hospital's website
Q: What's wrong with patient's accessing information A: lack of validated, trustworthy information as well as pharmaceutical bias and
from general websites like WebMD? medical device ads that are intended to influence the consumer. Providing health
information through the hospital's (or clinic's; where ever) website adds a degree
of authenticity that leads patients to trust the information and feel more
comfortable sharing what they've learned with their trusted clinicians.
Q: What did we used to use before Health Information A: Self-care handbooks
Technology to help inform patients?
Q: What are e-tools? A: When I say e-tools I'm referring to any electronically-delivered method that
offers convenient features for the patient and allows them to do more for
themselves (e.g. symptom checkers, food/fitness trackers, requesting Rx refills
online)
Q: How does patient engagement help providers? A: Patient reminders can help patients keep their upcoming appointments
(reducing "no show" rates for providers) and assist them in remembering
preventive cancer screenings or flu shots, thus improving scores on quality
measures for providers. And guess what happens when providers meet quality
measures? Reimbursement!
Q: What are the benefits of patient empowerment? A: Improved communication between patient, provider, & care team
Q: What's the point of the Patient Engagement A: The point is the 5 stages of the Patient Engagement framework can positively
Framework? effect change and influence the achievement of better care, better health, and
lower cost
, Q: What is behavioral economics? A: Behavioral economics incorporates economic, cognitive, and social
psychology disciplines to determine how individuals and institutions make
economic decisions. Remember that humans are innately impulsive and irrational,
and exhibit inconsistent patterns in decision making based on emotions, social
environment, and immediate circumstance.
Q: How is behavioral economics different from traditional A: traditional economics assumes that humans are rational
economics?
Q: What is an example of physician anchoring behavior? A: Prescribing the same blood pressure medications for every patient
("Doing for patients what they have habitually done in the
past under similar circumstances")
Q: What's an example of physicians demonstrating status A: being reluctant to change drugs, even when the new medication is comparably
quo? ("Doing things that way just because that's how it's effective to an existing one and lower in cost
always been done")
True or False? True
Healthy people making up healthy populations to create
productive workforces and thriving communities is the
ultimate goal of population health
Select all that apply: (A, C, D)
Population health can be broadly defined as the A. distribution of health outcomes within a population
A. distribution of health outcomes within a population C. health determinants that influence distribution
B. varied factors that affect the health of individuals D. policies and interventions that affect those determinants
C. health determinants that influence distribution
D. policies and interventions that affect those
determinants
Which of the following incorporates health delivery, C. Population Health
health coverage, health access, prevention, screening,
health promotion, and chronic care management?
A. Healthy People 2020
B. Patient safety
C. Population health
D. Health promotion
Chronic care management, quality and safety, health B. Four pillars of population health
policy and public health are considered:
A. National priorities and goals
B. Four pillars of population health
C. Key health determinants
D. Affordable care act
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Q: Hospitals and other care providers use the patient A: The patient engagement framework is the pathway- or roadmap- toward
engagement framework to gradually expand the tools getting patients fully integrating into his or her own health care.
and methods they use to improve quality of care delivery
as well as quality of health. What do I really mean by
that?
Q: Why should providers care about meaningful use? A: Meaningful rules allow hospitals and clinicians to receive reimbursement for
HIT investments initially and to avoid penalties in the future when that technology
is used in ways that enhance the experience and quality of care. It's also one more
way for us to help push our healthcare system in the direction of being a value
based system.
Q: How do we accomplish keeping providers and A: Most healthcare systems address the "Inform Me" need through their patient
patients informed? (the Inform Me level of the Patient and marketing portals-- Including providing health information through the
Engagement Framework) hospital's website
Q: What's wrong with patient's accessing information A: lack of validated, trustworthy information as well as pharmaceutical bias and
from general websites like WebMD? medical device ads that are intended to influence the consumer. Providing health
information through the hospital's (or clinic's; where ever) website adds a degree
of authenticity that leads patients to trust the information and feel more
comfortable sharing what they've learned with their trusted clinicians.
Q: What did we used to use before Health Information A: Self-care handbooks
Technology to help inform patients?
Q: What are e-tools? A: When I say e-tools I'm referring to any electronically-delivered method that
offers convenient features for the patient and allows them to do more for
themselves (e.g. symptom checkers, food/fitness trackers, requesting Rx refills
online)
Q: How does patient engagement help providers? A: Patient reminders can help patients keep their upcoming appointments
(reducing "no show" rates for providers) and assist them in remembering
preventive cancer screenings or flu shots, thus improving scores on quality
measures for providers. And guess what happens when providers meet quality
measures? Reimbursement!
Q: What are the benefits of patient empowerment? A: Improved communication between patient, provider, & care team
Q: What's the point of the Patient Engagement A: The point is the 5 stages of the Patient Engagement framework can positively
Framework? effect change and influence the achievement of better care, better health, and
lower cost
, Q: What is behavioral economics? A: Behavioral economics incorporates economic, cognitive, and social
psychology disciplines to determine how individuals and institutions make
economic decisions. Remember that humans are innately impulsive and irrational,
and exhibit inconsistent patterns in decision making based on emotions, social
environment, and immediate circumstance.
Q: How is behavioral economics different from traditional A: traditional economics assumes that humans are rational
economics?
Q: What is an example of physician anchoring behavior? A: Prescribing the same blood pressure medications for every patient
("Doing for patients what they have habitually done in the
past under similar circumstances")
Q: What's an example of physicians demonstrating status A: being reluctant to change drugs, even when the new medication is comparably
quo? ("Doing things that way just because that's how it's effective to an existing one and lower in cost
always been done")
True or False? True
Healthy people making up healthy populations to create
productive workforces and thriving communities is the
ultimate goal of population health
Select all that apply: (A, C, D)
Population health can be broadly defined as the A. distribution of health outcomes within a population
A. distribution of health outcomes within a population C. health determinants that influence distribution
B. varied factors that affect the health of individuals D. policies and interventions that affect those determinants
C. health determinants that influence distribution
D. policies and interventions that affect those
determinants
Which of the following incorporates health delivery, C. Population Health
health coverage, health access, prevention, screening,
health promotion, and chronic care management?
A. Healthy People 2020
B. Patient safety
C. Population health
D. Health promotion
Chronic care management, quality and safety, health B. Four pillars of population health
policy and public health are considered:
A. National priorities and goals
B. Four pillars of population health
C. Key health determinants
D. Affordable care act
