Which steps must take place to improve the U.S. healthcare ...

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Which steps must take place to improve the U.S. healthcare system, according to Porter? (Select all that apply.)
 
  A) Measurement and dissemination of health outcomes must be shared.
  B) The existing system of delivery of prevention, wellness, screening, and routine health maintenance services must be preserved.
  C) Care delivery must be reorganized around the availability of physicians.
  D) Providers must compete for nurses on the basis of the quality of the care provided.
  E) Clients' involvement in their health must improve and incentives for client involvement should be considered.

Question 2

Which goals are part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was passed in 2010? (Select all that apply.)
 
  A) Shifting the focus of the healthcare delivery system from prevention to treatment
  B) Reducing the costs and improving the efficiency of healthcare
  C) Allowing insurers to deny healthcare coverage on the basis of preexisting conditions
  D) Expanding health insurance coverage
  E) Expanding healthcare access to children

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: A, E
Feedback:
Porter lists the following steps that must take place to improve the U.S. healthcare system: 1) measurement and dissemination of health outcomes must be shared; 2) the delivery of prevention, wellness, screening, and routine health maintenance services must be fundamentally restructured (not preserved); 3) care delivery must be reorganized around medical conditions (not around the availability of physicians); 4) a reimbursement program for healthcare professionals as incentives to achieve better outcomes for clients must be established; 5) providers must compete for clients (not nurses) on the basis of the quality of the care provided; 6) all providers must establish electronic medical records; and 7) clients' involvement in their health must improve and incentives for client involvement should be considered.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B, D, E
Feedback:
Through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Obama administration's goals in improving the overall healthcare system and the quality of care include but are not limited to the following: 1) expanding health insurance coverage, 2) shifting the focus of the healthcare delivery system from treatment to prevention (not from prevention to treatment), and 3) reducing the costs and improving the efficiency of healthcare. Additionally, the ACA expanded healthcare access to children. Through the ACA, youth are allowed to remain on their parents' healthcare plan to the age of 26, insurers are no longer allowed to exclude children from coverage because of preexisting conditions, and access has been expanded through state-based health insurance exchanges for uninsured families.

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