Which organization provides detailed information about benchmarking
standards? - ANSWERS-Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides detailed
information about benchmarking standards.
What is a tool that goes to a granular level to generate outcomes and cost data? -
ANSWERS-Value Driven Outcomes
The Value Driven Outcomes (VDO) tool seeks to go to a granular level to generate
outcomes and cost data.
What is the first step the collaborative interdisciplinary healthcare team should
take when working to develop a plan of care? - ANSWERS-Individualized
assessment
Individualized assessment is the first step the collaborative interdisciplinary
healthcare team should take when working to develop a plan of care.
The health services coordinator and care team are formalizing an individualized
care plan for a patient who suffered a stroke. After the healthcare team develops
a problem list what is the next step in the process? - ANSWERS-Develop short-
and long-term measurable goals with the patient.
,The next step in this process is for the care planning team to develop both short-
and long-term measurable goals to address the identified challenges that the
patient will face.
A stage 4 prostate cancer patient has no desire to prolong life. The health services
coordinator begins to develop an individualized care plan with the healthcare
team. Which action should the health services coordinator take first? - ANSWERS-
Ascertain patient information and data.
The first step for the health services coordinator to take is to assess the patient to
gather data that will provide information about the patient's condition desires
and needs.
A 24-year-old dancer completed heparin therapy for a deep vein thrombosis
(DVT) and is eager to get back into dancing. Which treatment approach promotes
shared-decision making? - ANSWERS-Outcomes Research
This approach uses medical evidence to drive decision-making. Outcomes
research seeks to understand the end results of health care practices and
interventions, including a change in the ability to function. For individuals with
chronic conditions, end results include quality of life as well as mortality. By
linking the care patients receive to the outcomes experienced, outcomes research
has become the key to developing better ways to monitor and improve the
quality of care. The healthcare team should review appropriate information about
DVT outcomes research and present this to the patient during the shared-decision
making process.
The role and responsibilities of health services coordinators _____. - ANSWERS-
varies greatly depending on the specific setting you are in and patient
characteristics
,The roles and responsibilities of health services coordinators vary greatly
depending on the specific setting you are in and patient characteristics.
What is hospice? - ANSWERS-End-of-life care
This is a simple explanation of what hospice is, and meets the definition that is
often eligibility criteria for a patient to qualify for this level of care.
From the statements below, select the statement that most accurately describes
the differences between hospice care and palliative care. - ANSWERS-Palliative
care seeks relief from physical and mental stress, pain, and other symptoms from
an illness or injury. Hospice provides end-of-life care, or which palliative care may
be a part.
What types of transportation issues have been challenged with that are making it
difficult for you to make your appointments? - ANSWERS-Identify the problem
and why it is an issue
We have a few transportation vendors who would be able transport you from
your home to your doctor's visits...would you like to look at the details and
determine which source would work best for you? - ANSWERS-Determine what is
the ideal or realistic outcome that could be pursued
What types of actions could you commit to concerning your upcoming
appointment to ensure that you remember and are ready at the time of pickup? -
ANSWERS-Set SMART goals for how to solve the problem and achieve the desired
outcome
, What is generally considered the first step in task-centered practice? - ANSWERS-
Identify at most three target problems
A coordinator and a new patient are meeting to discuss the creation of the
patient's initial care plan. Which outcome meets the primary goal for creating the
care plan? - ANSWERS-Achieving ideal health outcomes for the patient
The primary goal of a patient's care plan is to achieve optimal health outcomes
through maintaining compliance with care plan goals.
A coordinator is developing a care map with a patient's family. Which of these
family characteristics is important to note on the care map? - ANSWERS-Family
members communicate well
Strong communication is important to the patient's support and care.
The adult son of an elderly patient with chronic kidney disease expresses concern
to the coordinator about the patient's impending move from home care to long-
term care. Which action should the coordinator take to start the transition
process? - ANSWERS-Coordinate a meeting with the care center's social worker
and patient's son.
The care center's social worker can help reassure the patient's son that the care
received at the center will be as good as the patient has had at home.
What is value-based care? - ANSWERS-reimbursement program that ties payment
to quality outcomes
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