Author Question: Which of the following public/community health services is now emphasized the most due to work done ... (Read 76 times)

wenmo · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Which of the following public/community health services is now emphasized the most due to work done by the NAM and the ACA?

1. Home health
2. Primary care
3. Hospice care
4. Rehabilitation

Question 2

The hospital Administrative team holds an employee meeting to announce that the hospital will support the use of quality report cards. What should the employees expect from this announcement? Select all that apply.

1. This report card will provide specific performance data about the organization at specific intervals.
2. The goal of using these report cards is to improve the organization's services.
3. These report cards will be an inexpensive way to let the community know about the organization's quality.
4. Using these report cards will increase the average daily census of the organization.
5. These report cards will be used internally as a means of documenting performance evaluations.

kingfahad97 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

2
Explanation: 1. Home care is expanding, but is not the most emphasized service.
2. Primary care is emphasized more now and needs to expand.
3. Hospice care is expanding, but is not the most emphasized service.
4. Rehabilitation is not the most emphasized service.

Answer to Question 2

1, 2
Explanation: 1. Quality report cards are used to track and report performance data.
2. The goal of using these report cards is to increase the transparency of quality data. The idea is that this transparency will encourage providers and organizations to work harder to provide quality care.
3. Report cards are costly from the perspective of collection of data, analysis, and sharing the results with others.
4. There is no guarantee that publishing quality data will impact patient choices for healthcare.
5. These report cards are not individual, but rather are organization wide reports on quality.