Health Care Delivery Systems Power Point Flashcards
Challenges to health care
Reducing health care costs uninsured patients, while maintaining high-quality care for patients
Improving access and coverage for more people
Encouraging healthy behaviors
Earlier hospital discharges result in more patients needing nursing homes or home care
Nurses are the ____ of patient care.
managers
Nurses face challenges to prevent gaps in healthcare across health settings and provide _____.
continuity of care
Values of the nursing profession are rooted in helping people to regain, maintain or improve health, prevent illness, and find _____.
comfort and dignity
The national priorities partnership promotes ____.
best practices
The national priorities partnership promotes prevention, treatment, and ______ for the leading causes of mortality.
intervention practices
The national priorities partnership ensures person- and ______ care.
family-centered
The national priorities partnership make care ____.
safer
The national priorities partnership promotes communication and ______.
care coordination
The national priorities partnership makes quality care ______.
affordable
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) states that nurses need to be transformed by practicing to the full extent of their _____.
training
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) states that nurses need to be transformed by achieving _______ of education through an education system that provides seamless progression
higher levels
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) states that nurses need to be transformed by becoming full partners with physicians and other health care providers in ______ the health care system
redesigning
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) states that nurses need to be transformed by _____data collection and the information infrastructure for effective workforce planning and policy making
improving
Regulatory and _____ approaches help with health care regulation and reform.
competitive
Professional standards review organizations (PSROs) were
created to review the quality, quantity, and ______ of hospital care provided through Medicare and Medicaid
cost
Utilization review (UR) committees review admissions, diagnostic testing, and treatments ordered by physicians who cared for patients receiving ____.
Medicare
The _____ sets quality standards for accreditation of health care facilities.
The Joint Commission
The ______ ensures that health care providers and agencies comply with state regulations - Nurses Practice Act.
state licensing boards
Other regulatory agencies include
US Department of Health & Human Services
US Food and Drug Administration
State and local public health agencies
“_____” - also called Sentinel Events are preventable and devastating. They include surgical, product or device, patient protection, care management, environmental, radiological and critical.
never events
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act allows ______, reducing costs, improving quality.
access to health care for all
Provisions of the affordable care act include insurance industry reforms, increased funding for public programs and improved coverage for _____.
children
Health Services Pyramid Slide Review
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Five levels of services include disease prevention, health promotion, primary, secondary, and _____.
tertiary
Health care settings include preventive, primary, secondary, tertiary, restorative, and ______.
continuing
In preventative health care settings they reduce and control risk factors and include immunization, stress management, and using a ____.
seat belt
In primary health care settings the emphasis is on _______. It includes prenatal and well baby checks, family planning, nutrition counseling, and disease control.
health promotion
In secondary health care setting the aim is diagnosis and treatment of ______. Secondary health care settings include _____ and emergency departments.
acute illnesses
hospital
The _____ health care settings are highly specialized and involve highly technical care. i.e. oncology centers, burn centers, intensive care
tertiary
The ____ health care setting includes intermediate follow up care. i.e. home health care, rehab centers, and skilled nursing facilities
restorative
The ____ health care setting includes long term or chronic illness care. i.e. hospice and palliative care, respite care, adult day care, assisted lviing
continuing