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NU 508 Quiz 3 Questions With Complete Solutions.Question 1: Commonly overused healthcare interventions: (5)
CORRECT ANSWER : prescription drugs, antibiotics,
laboratory tests, diagnostic imaging, procedures such as back surgery and prostatectomy, and end-of-life treatments
Question 2: 5 overused health interventions identified in ______
by:
CORRECT ANSWER : 2008 by the National Priorities
Partnership convened by the National Quality Forum
Question 3: Examples of overused health interventions:
CORRECT ANSWER : Antibiotic treatment of a cold virus,
spinal fusion, pacemaker
Question 4: Causes of overuse:
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CORRECT ANSWER : Fee-for-service payment, fear of missing
a diagnosis, different beliefs per providers, providers' expectations, patient expectations, clinician competence, and diagnostic skills
Question 5: Strategies to reduce overuse:
CORRECT ANSWER : Choosing Wisely Campaign- American
Board of Internal Medication Foundation, Encourage providers and patients to engage in conversations to reduce overuse, Public reporting of hospital specific information- LeapFrog
Question 6: Marinated Mind:
CORRECT ANSWER : The idea that more treatment is better,
leading to overuse. Overuse ends up causing a faster, hurried, workflow.
Question 7: Affordable Care Act and rationale for development:
CORRECT ANSWER : Goal is to increase ACCESS to health
care by expanding coverage, creating incentives among
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providers to achieve higher levels of QUALITY and EFFICIENCY. To provide the best care for the patient with the optimal result given the circumstances, delivered at the right price.
Question 8: ACA 3 goals:
CORRECT ANSWER : Cost, quality, and access as a result of
accountability, transparency, performance measurement, public reporting, value-based purchasing.
Question 9: Value-Driven Health Care:
CORRECT ANSWER : Improving the quality of care while
lowering its costs. Linking of affordable care and quality.
Question 10: Examples of value-driven health care:
CORRECT ANSWER : -Performance measurement- quality
measures like Nursing Quality Indicators, -Public reporting- part of the national strategy for improving quality. Providing
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information to consumers to make choices and incentivize providers who give better care.
Question 11: States that require nursing reporting:
CORRECT ANSWER : Maine & Colorado
Question 12: Using research to influence policy-Evidence-based
policy:
CORRECT ANSWER : An approach that helps people make
well informed decisions about policies, programs, and projects by putting the best available evidence from research at the heart of policy development and implementation.
Question 13: In general, research has:
CORRECT ANSWER : Has poor uptake into policies- can take
up to 20 years.
Question 14: Difficulties of using research in health care: