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The single most important way patients can help prevent medical errors from
affecting them is to:
a. Interact with their caregivers.
b. Research medical error rates among organizations.
c. Read and understand consent forms.
d. Choose large, reputable healthcare providers. ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------
-------a. Interact with their caregivers.
In a hospital setting, a critical pathway is best described as:
a. A document that focuses on efficiency and describes a standard set of activities
to be performed for a defined category of patients.
b. A set of guidelines that focus on identifying those decision points which should
lead to the consistent provision of appropriate clinical practice.
c. Any attempt to standardize clinical activities based upon diagnostic categories
and projected outcomes.
d. Decision tree that focuses on physician decision making. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------a. A document that focuses on efficiency and describes a
standard set of activities to be performed for a defined category of patients.
One reason healthcare entities should document their credentialing
,procedures is to:
a. Meet federal compliance mandates.
b. Maximize medical staff understanding of the process.
c. Minimize inconsistency and liability.
d. Assist with practitioner auditing. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------c.
Minimize inconsistency and liability.
One feature that distinguishes nonintegrated healthcare organizations from
integrated organizations is a:
a. Regional community vision.
b. Widely accepted brand identity.
c. Seamless continuum of care.
d. Define market image. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d. Define market
image.
Hospitals pursuing strategic alliances are faced with issues of vertical
integration. One Example of vertical integration is:
a. Acquiring a long-term care facility.
b. Creating a "super" physician-hospital organization.
c. Developing a system of local hospitals.
d. Outsourcing laboratory services. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a.
Acquiring a long-term care facility.
,Governance challenges faced by fully integrated healthcare delivery
systems are more complex than those faced by nonasset merged multihospital
systems because:
a. The components of integrated systems function in a highly interdependent
manner.
b. Multi-hospital systems usually have been in existence for a long time.
c. Multi-hospital systems often have an independent governance structure.
d. Boards of multi-hospital systems have a different board selection process. -------
--CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a. The components of integrated systems
function in a highly interdependent manner.
The purpose of the ACHE Ethics Committee is to review and recommend action on
ethical violations to which group?
a. Executive Committee.
b. Board of Governors.
c. Council of Regents.
d. Membership Committee. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------b. Board of
Governors.
According to the ACHE Code of Ethics, what action can the Ethics
Committee take against an affiliate after a grievance procedure has been
initiated?
a. Fine the affiliate.
, b. Report the violation to the affiliate's employer.
c. Issue a written reprimand to the affiliate.
d. Recommend expulsion of the affiliate. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d.
Recommend expulsion of the affiliate.
ACHE's Ethical Policy Statement on Ethical Issues Related to Downsizing
recommends that healthcare executives should consider providing which of the
following when downsizing?
a. Financial aid.
b. Child care.
c. Family counseling
d. Out-placement assistance. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d. Out-
placement assistance.
According to the ACHE's Ethical Policy Statement in Creating an Ethical
Environment for Employees, the organization should:
a. Ensure maximum utilization of an employee's skills and abilities.
b. Create a working environment that provides freedom from coercion.
c. Develop a committee that addresses employee diversity and compliance.
d. Provide sensitivity training to new employees at orientation. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------b. Create a working environment that provides freedom
from coercion.