Chapter 5

Question 1

What percentage of the excise tax is applied to the sale of certain medical devices by manufacturers and importers?

Answer 1

2.3% excise tax, any additional costs will be paid by the consumers

Question 2

What is the role of medical technology in health care delivery?

Answer 2

increased longevity and decreased mortality through practical application of scientific knowledge

Question 3

What is information technology and informatics?

Answer 3

Technology used for the transformation of data into useful information. IT involves determining data needs, gathering appropriate data, storing and analyzing the data, and reporting the information generated in a user-friendly format.

Question 4

What is E-Health ?

Answer 4

Health care information and services offered over the internet by professionals and nonprofessionals alike. E-health allows for the patient to question the clinicians, being overall more informed about the course/plan of their treatment. Can be a good or bad thing. Some information on the internet may be misguiding for the patients.

Question 5

What are some key factors that impact the innovation, diffusion, and utilization of medical technology?

Answer 5

Cultural Beliefs and Values
Medical Specialization
Financing and Payment
Technology-Driven Competition
Expenditures on Research and Development
Supply-Side Controls
Government Policies

Question 6

What are the three general categories in health care organization of IT applications?

Answer 6

Clinical information systems
Administrative information systems
Decision support systems

Question 7

What is clinical information systems? examples?

Answer 7

Quick and reliable information necessary to guide clinical decision making and produce timely reports. EMR and CPOE (computerized physician order entry)

Question 8

At a fundamental level, medical technology deals with ?

Answer 8

the application of knowledge produced by biomedical research

Question 9

technology that allows a specialist located at a distance to directly interview and examine a patient is referred to as

Answer 9

Telemedicine, telehealth

Question 10

The asynchronous form of telemedicine uses_____ technology

Answer 10

store and forward (teleradiology)

Question 11

The expectations that Americans have about what medical technology can do to cure illness is based on

Answer 11

cultural beliefs and values

Question 12

What is the main intent of the Stark laws?

Answer 12

Prohibit self-referral by physicians to facilities in which they have an ownership interest

Question 13

Supply-side rationing

Answer 13

Central planning

Question 14

Certain allergy medications containing pseudoephedrine are available without prescription, but must be kept behind the pharmacy counter and sold only in limited quantities upon verification of a person’s identity.

Answer 14

Patriot Act 2006- Regulation of Drugs(meth in this case) devices and biologic by the FDA

Question 15

The FDA was given the authority to review the effectiveness and safety of a new drug before it could be marketed.

Answer 15

Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendments, 1962

Question 16

This made additional resources available to the FDA, and resulted in a shortened approval process for new drugs

Answer 16

Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act, 1997

Question 17

The Safe Medical Devices Act, 1990 requires

Answer 17

that injuries, illness, or death from any device be reported