N372 FINAL PRACTICE EXAM WITH 600
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS/ N372
FINAL EXAM 2024 PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Which organization made the triple aim?
IHI
Triple aim dimensions
improve population health
improve experience of care
decrease cost per capita
Triple aim
approach to healthcare system that will help increase the healthcare system -->
increase outcomes
What is a population?
collection of people who share one or more personal or environment characteristics
in common
What are examples of a population?
race, age, gender, income, profession, area of residence
Improving population health
the health outcomes of individuals
- lead to helping entire population
What could be done to improve the health of any population of which Alice is a
member?
Free clinic
Insurance access
Transportation access
Rehab
,Therapy
Follow up care
Patient care experience
how individual perceives care
How hospital influences patient care experience
focused on designed a high quality experience for paitents
- how hospital provides care
How could we have improves Alice's experience?
Free access clinic
Welcoming
Therapeutic communication
Provide resources
Goal of reducing per capita healthcare costs
save money that is wasted in healthcare
What can decreasing costs affect?
improve healthcare quality
improve health of population
Why do we care about the triple aim?
US healthcare is expensive
increase health of population
Why is the US healthcare system strained nowadays?
increase in aging population (increase chronic illness)
Increased longevity
Chronic conditions
How can we make the triple aim happen?
Use the upstream approach
-look at root cause of problems and eliminates it
Example of The Upstream Approach
,pt with an unhealthy diet has constant CHF exacerbations
- fix diet
increase in gang violence in neighborhood --> increase in GSW in ER
- eliminate gang violence
Social determinants of health
non-medical factors that influence health outcomes include
Examples of social determinants of health
factors such as where people are born, raised, live, work, age, grow
Health equity
the state in which everyone has the opportunity to attain their full health potential
and is not disadvantaged because of social position
Health literacy
the degree which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use info to
inform health related decisions and actions for themselves
What grade level should we provide information to patients?
6th grade
Health disparity
preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities
to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged
populations
Social determinants of health: economic stability
employment, income, expenses, debt, medical bills, support
- increase in steady income --> better outcomes
Social determinants of health: education access and quality
increase in access and edu --> increase outcomes
Social determinants of health: Health care access and quality
increase access and quality of healthcare --> increase outcomes
Social determinants of health: Neighborhood and built environment
, increase safety
- weapons, water, food --> increase outomes
Social determinants of health: Social and community context
increase relationships/interactions --> increase outcomes
What can occur if we increase the social determinants of health?
improve health and outcomes
Are some populations more predisposed to better outcomes than others?
Yes!
- white
- males
- steady incomes
- heterosexual
Examples of dangerous occupations
farmers, lineman, coal miners, oil fields, mechanic, logging, fishing
How does your occupation and where you live affect your health?
Put you at higher risk for predisposed health conditions or death
Health equality
provide same care for everyone
- not help everyone equally
What does health equity affects
length of life
quality of life
rates of disease, disability, death
severity of disease
access to treatment
How are racial and minorities groups affects by healthcare
increase in health inequities
Based on the info you know about Alice, of which populations would she be a
member? (select all the apply)
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS/ N372
FINAL EXAM 2024 PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Which organization made the triple aim?
IHI
Triple aim dimensions
improve population health
improve experience of care
decrease cost per capita
Triple aim
approach to healthcare system that will help increase the healthcare system -->
increase outcomes
What is a population?
collection of people who share one or more personal or environment characteristics
in common
What are examples of a population?
race, age, gender, income, profession, area of residence
Improving population health
the health outcomes of individuals
- lead to helping entire population
What could be done to improve the health of any population of which Alice is a
member?
Free clinic
Insurance access
Transportation access
Rehab
,Therapy
Follow up care
Patient care experience
how individual perceives care
How hospital influences patient care experience
focused on designed a high quality experience for paitents
- how hospital provides care
How could we have improves Alice's experience?
Free access clinic
Welcoming
Therapeutic communication
Provide resources
Goal of reducing per capita healthcare costs
save money that is wasted in healthcare
What can decreasing costs affect?
improve healthcare quality
improve health of population
Why do we care about the triple aim?
US healthcare is expensive
increase health of population
Why is the US healthcare system strained nowadays?
increase in aging population (increase chronic illness)
Increased longevity
Chronic conditions
How can we make the triple aim happen?
Use the upstream approach
-look at root cause of problems and eliminates it
Example of The Upstream Approach
,pt with an unhealthy diet has constant CHF exacerbations
- fix diet
increase in gang violence in neighborhood --> increase in GSW in ER
- eliminate gang violence
Social determinants of health
non-medical factors that influence health outcomes include
Examples of social determinants of health
factors such as where people are born, raised, live, work, age, grow
Health equity
the state in which everyone has the opportunity to attain their full health potential
and is not disadvantaged because of social position
Health literacy
the degree which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use info to
inform health related decisions and actions for themselves
What grade level should we provide information to patients?
6th grade
Health disparity
preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities
to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged
populations
Social determinants of health: economic stability
employment, income, expenses, debt, medical bills, support
- increase in steady income --> better outcomes
Social determinants of health: education access and quality
increase in access and edu --> increase outcomes
Social determinants of health: Health care access and quality
increase access and quality of healthcare --> increase outcomes
Social determinants of health: Neighborhood and built environment
, increase safety
- weapons, water, food --> increase outomes
Social determinants of health: Social and community context
increase relationships/interactions --> increase outcomes
What can occur if we increase the social determinants of health?
improve health and outcomes
Are some populations more predisposed to better outcomes than others?
Yes!
- white
- males
- steady incomes
- heterosexual
Examples of dangerous occupations
farmers, lineman, coal miners, oil fields, mechanic, logging, fishing
How does your occupation and where you live affect your health?
Put you at higher risk for predisposed health conditions or death
Health equality
provide same care for everyone
- not help everyone equally
What does health equity affects
length of life
quality of life
rates of disease, disability, death
severity of disease
access to treatment
How are racial and minorities groups affects by healthcare
increase in health inequities
Based on the info you know about Alice, of which populations would she be a
member? (select all the apply)
