Chapter 9: Population Health Critical Actions Quiz
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What is one of the critical actions to maintain the healthcare organization’s core contribution to population health?

  • Integrating prevention, acute, and post-acute care (correct)
  • Supporting excellence in long-term nursing care only
  • Educating communities about the importance of advance care planning
  • Delivering clinical excellence in curative services only

What is an essential part of improving primary care and management of chronic diseases?

  • Offering specialty palliative care for more difficult situations
  • Providing education and transition to hospice
  • Supporting comprehensive ongoing ambulatory care of patients (correct)
  • Focusing on inpatient care only

What is a key aspect of delivering palliative and end-of-life care?

  • Forecasting specific needs in population health
  • Identifying community health risks
  • Educating care providers to provide patient-centered primary palliative care (correct)
  • Conducting strategic planning to integrate the HCO into population health activities

What does understanding the commitment to population health entail for a healthcare organization?

<p>Responding to the financial implications of population health on curative and rehabilitative care (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a critical step in supporting a community-wide platform for healthy populations?

<p>Promoting community-wide prevention strategies (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of population health?

<p>To sustain all members of the community at their highest possible level of functioning (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is success in population health measured?

<p>By the prevalence of impairment from chronic disease (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the shift to population health require from healthcare organizations (HCOs)?

<p>A shift from an HCO focus to a community focus (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) related to population health?

<p>Requiring a community benefit review to retain tax exemption (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do many healthcare experts believe will result from more attention to health promotion and prevention?

<p>A healthier population with lower healthcare expenditures per capita (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do HCOs contribute to population health management traditionally?

<p>By focusing solely on acute patient care (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the process indicators for success in population health?

<p>Immunization rates (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key component of delivering palliative and end-of-life care according to the text?

<p>Educating care providers to provide patient-centered primary palliative care (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an essential part of improving primary care and management of chronic diseases as per the text?

<p>Supporting comprehensive ongoing ambulatory care of patients (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the critical actions to maintain the healthcare organization’s core contribution to population health based on the text?

<p>Delivering clinical excellence in preventive, curative, and rehabilitative services (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does understanding the commitment to population health entail for a healthcare organization according to the text?

<p>Conducting strategic planning to integrate the HCO into population health activities (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a critical step in supporting a community-wide platform for healthy populations based on the text?

<p>Promoting community-wide prevention strategies (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a measure of success in population health?

<p>Substance abuse rates (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of HCO participation in population health management?

<p>To use the HCO as a vehicle to improve the health status of its community (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the shift to population health require from healthcare organizations (HCOs)?

<p>A shift from an HCO focus to a community focus (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key aspect of achieving the vision of sustaining all members of the community at their highest possible level of functioning?

<p>Lowering healthcare costs (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the process indicators for success in population health?

<p>Immunization rates (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of a significant learning outcome related to population health?

<p>Improving individual happiness (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) related to population health?

<p>A strong commitment to population health (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does understanding the commitment to population health entail for a healthcare organization?

<p>Shifting from individual patient focus to collective needs and from an HCO focus to a community focus (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are HCOs traditionally known for contributing to population health management?

<p>Excellence in acute patient care only (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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