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Questions and Answers
How can the quality of care be measured?
How can the quality of care be measured?
- By the number of patients treated
- By the degree to which health services increase the likelihood of desired outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge (correct)
- By the number of medical procedures performed
- By the amount of money spent on healthcare
How many aims for improving the healthcare system were recommended by the Institute of Medicine?
How many aims for improving the healthcare system were recommended by the Institute of Medicine?
- 2
- 4
- 6 (correct)
- 8
What do consumers place more emphasis on when evaluating a provider?
What do consumers place more emphasis on when evaluating a provider?
- The provider's age
- The provider's gender
- The provider's communication skills, convenience, accessibility, cleanliness of the health care setting, and whether the treatment or procedure improved their symptoms or condition (correct)
- The provider's educational background
Who has developed programs to measure and improve quality and hold providers accountable for the quality of their care?
Who has developed programs to measure and improve quality and hold providers accountable for the quality of their care?
What do public reporting programs collect information on?
What do public reporting programs collect information on?
What do P4P programs do?
What do P4P programs do?
Which of the following is not one of the six aims for improving the healthcare system recommended by the Institute of Medicine?
Which of the following is not one of the six aims for improving the healthcare system recommended by the Institute of Medicine?
What is the primary focus of public reporting programs?
What is the primary focus of public reporting programs?
Which of the following is not an aspect of quality of care?
Which of the following is not an aspect of quality of care?
What do consumers place less emphasis on when evaluating a provider?
What do consumers place less emphasis on when evaluating a provider?
What do P4P programs use to motivate providers to improve the quality of their care?
What do P4P programs use to motivate providers to improve the quality of their care?
What is the primary focus of public and private payers' programs to measure and improve quality?
What is the primary focus of public and private payers' programs to measure and improve quality?
Study Notes
- Quality of care is difficult to define but can be measured by the degree to which health services increase the likelihood of desired outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge.
- The Institute of Medicine has recommended six aims for improving the health care system to address deficiencies in the quality of care and other limitations: safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable.
- Consumers place more emphasis on a provider's communication skills, convenience, accessibility, cleanliness of the health care setting, and whether the treatment or procedure improved their symptoms or condition.
- Public and private payers have developed programs to measure and improve quality and hold providers accountable for the quality of their care.
- Public reporting programs collect information on selected measures of quality and publish each provider's quality scores.
- P4P programs motivate providers by translating quality scores into financial rewards and penalties.
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Test your knowledge on quality measures in healthcare systems, including the six aims recommended by the Institute of Medicine and the factors that determine quality of care. Explore how public and private payers assess and incentivize healthcare providers based on quality scores.
