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</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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is success in population health measured?

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

    How do HCOs contribute to population health management traditionally?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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