Verified Answers | Latest Update 2025 | Healthcare
Policy and Telehealth Preparation Material
INTRODUCTION:
This document provides the complete set of exam questions and
correct verified answers for MHA 705 Module 4, updated for 2025. It
covers essential topics such as healthcare policy formulation and
implementation, stakeholder roles, cost-benefit analysis, health
literacy, telehealth, electronic health records, and global health
initiatives. The material also includes applied questions on case
studies, ethical considerations, and strategies for addressing
disparities in healthcare access. It is a comprehensive study guide
designed to support exam preparation and mastery of Module 4
content.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:
Telehealth is a cost-effective approach that may reduce the number
of patient hospitalizations --- correct answer ---True
,(T/F) A physician's use of social media is an acceptable method for
interacting with his/her patient to promote and provide health
education --- correct answer ---True
Databases developed by public health departments provide all of
the following information except --- correct answer ---public health
survey
_________ Is the termination of hospitalization through the formal
release of an inpatient by the hospital --- correct answer ---
Inpatient discharge
(T/F) Within inpatient Census Data:
Average daily census = Total number of inpatient service days for a
given period / Total number of days in the same period --- correct
answer ---True
( T/F) Inpatient admission: is a patient who is provided with room,
board, and continuous general nursing service in an area of an
acute-care facility where patients generally stay at least overnight -
-- correct answer ---False
Within healthcare statistics and data collection process of Inpatient
Census Data, Daily Inpatient Census is --- correct answer ---The
,result of the official count taken at midnight. This is the number of
inpatients present at the official census-taking time each day
Telemonitoring systems can be set in an acceptable range of values
for an individual patient enrolled in the monitoring program. If the
patient's levels go above or below predetermined amounts, the
program will alert the appropriate party. This explains what type of
improvement in home telehealth software? --- correct answer ---
Triage
The gap between those who have access to online information and
those who do not is called the --- correct answer ---Digital Divide
(T/F) The digital divide in developing countries can be changed by
delivering unique interventions and ideas --- correct answer ---
True
A benefit for healthcare professionals of using technology for
patient education is --- correct answer ---To improve the
compliance and documentation of education
Individuals having the capacity to obtain, process, and understand
health information is known as --- correct answer ---Health literacy
, The gap that exists between the consumers who have Internet
access to information and those who do not is known as --- correct
answer ---Digital divide
Disease registries are collections of secondary data related to
patients with a specific ________ --- correct answer ---Diagnosis,
condition, or procedure
When persons living with a chronic disease use the Internet for
blogging about their health challenges or participating in online
discussion forums, this is known as --- correct answer ---Peer-to-
peer support
Telehealth is provided for --- correct answer ---Homebound
patients or those with limited access to transportation, rural
populations that lack access to primary care, and those recently
discharged from hospitals
Health literacy skills include the ability to --- correct answer ---all
of these are correct
Linda is an occupational therapist who works for a home health
agency based in Pennsylvania, very near the Ohio border. She is
assigned to monitor the home telehealth patients for one week to
cover for another therapist who is on vacation. Which of the