(Top 2024/2025 EXAM REVIEW PAPERS / GRADED A+/ 100% Accurate) WGU D053 Contemporary Topics and the Influence on Healthcare Today

WGU D053 Contemporary Topics and the Influence on Healthcare Today Barriers to successful collaborative healthcare teams increase the potential for ________ and decrease quality of care. -Errors A significant outcome of collaborative barriers within healthcare teams is the dangerous risk of errors - in diagnosis, treatment, decision-making or problem-solving. Government organizations that generate economic, legislative/political, technological, and competitive change are part of the ____________ environment. -Macro The macro environment corresponds to the general level, which includes governmental organizations. How does the PACT model reinforce coordination of care and effective communication? -All team members meet daily to discuss patient care, and all have an equal voice in the discussions. What do the team members do in the daily huddles to support quality patient care? -Learn, plan, work, trouble-shoot, communicate, collaborate, interact, build relationships, learn about each other's roles together. Suzanne Gordon (at 5:01) makes an interesting point about how some team members have been voiceless in the past. How have huddles changed this in this setting? -Other professionals such as doctors are learning to listen to the team members and are seeing that they have very valuable information to share with the team. What change did the team implement to help the huddles run more smoothly? -They implemented huddle coaches. Which collaborative strategy directly supports a patient with evidence-based options to consider their choices and personal preferences? -Shared decision-making In shared decision-making, a team member(s) meets with the patient to discuss choices related to their health, presents them with evidence-based options, and explores patient values and preferences to support them to make the best decision for their health and lifestyle. What is an important benefit of shared care plans that supports the effectiveness of a patient's interprofessional team? -It provides access to comprehensive current patient information. Shared care plans are living, evolving tools that provide current information from all team members including the patient and family. Which strategy is demonstrated when a health service coordinator, patient, and team of other professionals develop and monitor a course of action in response to the patient's behavioral or addiction issues? -Interprofessional treatment planning Interprofessional treatment plans are done by engaged members of health professionals and the patient. This type of plan typically addresses behavioral or addiction treatments. A health care service coordinator can assume the role of a case manager and work with the patient and other healthcare professionals until recovery occurs. A healthcare professional provides evidence-based information to a patient about available health options, then assists the patient with a choice of treatment. Which collaboration strategy is the healthcare professional demonstrating? -Shared decision making Shared decision making occurs when health professionals work with patients to make the best decisions about their own health and healthcare options. This is the hallmark of good clinical and ethical practice. A healthcare service coordinator is working closely with an older adult patient who has chronic illnesses. Which collaboration strategy is used to promote communication between the patient and the provider to increase the patient's knowledge about particular health conditions? -Shared decision making Shared decision making is a powerful strategy in which benefits include enabling evidence, knowing the patient's preferences, increasing the patient's knowledge base, and increasing communication among the patient and the patient's clinician. What is an important macro driver that influences U.S. healthcare? -Government legislation Legislation drives many factors in healthcare funding, focus, and delivery. The maturation of the _____________ generation is the reason for an escalating aging population demand on the healthcare system. -Baby Boomer The baby boomer generation are now older to elderly adults Barriers to successful collaborative healthcare teams increase the potential for ________ and decrease quality of care. -Errors A significant outcome of collaborative barriers within healthcare teams is the dangerous risk of errors - in diagnosis, treatment, decision-making or problem-solving. Government organizations that generate economic, legislative/political, technological, and competitive change are part of the ____________ environment. -Macro The macro environment corresponds to the general level, which includes governmental organizations. How does the PACT model reinforce coordination of care and effective communication? -All team members meet daily to discuss patient care, and all have an equal voice in the discussions. What do the team members do in the daily huddles to support quality patient care? -Learn, plan, work, trouble-shoot, communicate, collaborate, interact, build relationships, learn about each other's roles together. Suzanne Gordon (at 5:01) makes an interesting point about how some team members have been voiceless in the past. How have huddles changed this in this setting? -Other professionals such as doctors are learning to listen to the team members and are seeing that they have very valuable information to share with the team. What change did the team implement to help the huddles run more smoothly? -They implemented huddle coaches. Which collaborative strategy directly supports a patient with evidence-based options to consider their choices and personal preferences? -Shared decision-making In shared decision-making, a team member(s) meets with the patient to discuss choices related to their health, presents them with evidence-based options, and explores patient values and preferences to support them to make the best decision for their health and lifestyle. What is an important benefit of shared care plans that supports the effectiveness of a patient's interprofessional team? -It provides access to comprehensive current patient information. Shared care plans are living, evolving tools that provide current information from all team members including the patient and family. Which strategy is demonstrated when a health service coordinator, patient, and team of other professionals develop and monitor a course of action in response to the patient's behavioral or addiction issues? -Interprofessional treatment planning Interprofessional treatment plans are done by engaged members of health professionals and the patient. This type of plan typically addresses behavioral or addiction treatments. A health care service coordinator can assume the role of a case manager and work with the patient and other healthcare professionals until recovery occurs. A healthcare professional provides evidence-based information to a patient about available health options, then assists the patient with a choice of treatment. Which collaboration strategy is the healthcare professional demonstrating? -Shared decision making Shared decision making occurs when health professionals work with patients to make the best decisions about their own health and healthcare options. This is the hallmark of good clinical and ethical practice. A healthcare service coordinator is working closely with an older adult patient who has chronic illnesses. Which collaboration strategy is used to promote communication between the patient and the provider to increase the patient's knowledge about particular health conditions? -Shared decision making Shared decision making is a powerful strategy in which benefits include enabling evidence, knowing the patient's preferences, increasing the patient's knowledge base, and increasing communication among the patient and the patient's clinician. What is an important macro driver that influences U.S. healthcare? -Government legislation Legislation drives many factors in healthcare funding, focus, and delivery. The maturation of the _____________ generation is the reason for an escalating aging population demand on the healthcare system. -Baby Boomer The baby boomer generation are now older to elderly adults