week 3 MRO (Mod 1 and 2) Flashcards
Which of the following is one of the ways in which hospitals are classified?
Length of stay
Reimbursement method
Number of physicians
Location
Length of stay
Those hospitals that focus on one particular disease or treats only a specific patient population is classified as:
specialized
What is the average length of stay in a short-term hospital?
one week
A hospital that provides rehabilitation services and treatment for persons who have suffered a spinal cord injury might be classified as
Short-term stay, specialized
Short-term stay, private
Long-term stay, specialized
Long-term stay, public
Long-term stay, specialized
Which of the following would be the correct classification for a VA hospital?
Private
Public
Ambulatory care
Long-term care
Public
Which of the following provides care and support in various environments for those suffering from terminal illness?
Rehabilitation facility
Long-term care
Clinic
Hospice
Hospice
Which type of health care delivery method would be provided most often at a free-standing imaging center?
outpatient
What type of health care delivery would be provided for a person who requires coronary bypass surgery?
inpatient
All of the following would be considered preventative health care except:
- Annual mammograms for a 45-year-old woman
- A flu shot for a 38-year-old health care professional
- A 14-year-old gets his fractured arm cast in the ED
- An employer-sponsored exercise program for all employees
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A patient in rural Wyoming receives a consult with a physician at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. What type of health care delivery would this entail?
Telehealth
What type of care would be required for a person who cannot perform daily self-care activities?
long-term
Which of the following administrative structures has an increased emphasis on the number of management levels?
Horizontal structure
Vertical structure
Circular structure
None of these
Vertical structure
Which of the following is an advantage of a flat (horizontal) administrative structure?
-Decreased duties for managers
-Streamlined communications process
-Increased distance between managers and service-level employees
-There are no advantages to a flat administrative structure.
Streamlined communications process
The divisions of hospital departments by function is commonly…
Clinical services and support services
The top hospital administrative officer is commonly called the:
CEO (chief executive officer)
The top medical staff officer is commonly referred to as the:
Chief of staff
Medication administration, chart documentation, patient assessment, and monitoring of vital signs are a few of the duties of a:
Nurse
Production of images to aid in the diagnosis of disease is the primary role of health care professionals in:
radiologic/imaging sciences
Which of the following patients would benefit from the services of a physical therapist?
(1) A 72-year-old male who has suffered a stroke
(2) A 16-year-old female athlete who has sprained her knee
(3) A 40-year-old male who is recovering from a lumbar diskectomy
all of the above
A child who stutters would benefit from the care of a:
speech therapist
Which of the following health care professionals would assist a physician in finding an antibiotic that would be safe to use on a patient who is on medication for hypertension?
Audiologist
Pharmacist
Nurse
Clinical lab scientist
pharmacist
Prior to performing a mobile imaging exam, the radiographer should consult with:
the patient’s nurse
Which of the following health care providers work almost exclusively with patients who have pulmonary disease?
Speech pathologists
Audiologists
Respiratory therapists
Physical therapists
respiratory therapists
The U.S. government provides insurance programs for persons at retirement age (65 years or older) and for those who cannot afford health insurance. It is called:
Medicare
The state-run insurance program for low-income persons is:
Medicaid
Which type of payment/reimbursement system makes a payment for all services related to a particular health care need or condition, rather than for individual services?
Fee-for-service
Manage care
Episode-of-care
Self-pay
episode of care
Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and preferred provider organizations (PPOs) are examples of:
managed care
One criticism of fee-for-service is that:
unnecessary services are performed
Which of the following imaging modalities do not require ionizing radiation to produce images?
(1) Fluoroscopy
(2) Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
(3) Diagnostic medical sonography (DMS)
2 and 3
Which of the following imaging modalities provides cross-sectional images?
Radiography
Fluoroscopy
Computed tomography (CT)
Radiation therapy
CT
Dynamic imaging is provided by:
fluoroscopy
Mammography specializes in imaging of the:
breast
Which of the following requires the greatest amount of patient contact?
CT
MRI
Cardiac interventional radiography (CI)
Diagnostic medical sonography (DMS)
DMS (sonography)
Which of the following requires the least amount of patient contact?
Radiography
CT
Mammography
Fluoroscopy
CT
Which of the following modalities requires the use of a transducer?
DMS
CT
MRI
NM
DMS
Radiation therapists work closely with professionals who are responsible for properly calculating the radiation dose to be administered. These professionals are known as:
dosimetrists
Which of the following is a physician who is specialized in the interpretation of images to aid in the diagnosis and detection of disease?
radiologist
Which of the following acts as a liaison between the imaging department personnel, the medical staff, and the hospital administration?
Imaging technologist
Radiology nurse
File room manager
Department director
department director
An experienced radiographer may seek additional education and/or degree requirements and pass the ARRT certification to qualify as a(n):
Radiologist assistant (RA)
Radiology nurse
Radiologist
Imaging technologist
Radiologist assistant (RA)
Planning, educating, supervising, organizing, coordinating, and communicating are key duties of a(n):
department director
Which of the following support personnel would be responsible for managing and organizing patient image files?
Patient transporter
File room manager
Accounting clerk
Radiologist
file room manager
Which of the following support personnel would answer phone calls, schedule procedures, and communicate general information to the public?
Information systems manager
Radiology nurse
RA
Clerical/secretarial staff
Clerical/secretarial staff
Which of the following positions is classified as support personnel?
RA
Dosimetrist
Information systems manager
Radiology nurse
Information systems manager
Which of the following work environments would probably involve imaging mostly inpatients?
Long-term care facility
Physician’s office
Free clinic
Mobile imaging
long term care facility
Which of the following work environments would be appealing for a technologist that likes to work independently and enjoys travel?
(1) Large medical center
(2) Mobile imaging
(3) Temporary employment
2 and 3
When a modality, such as PET, is transported to a facility for a short time to provide imaging procedures, the delivery method is termed:
mobile imaging
true/false? Outpatient imaging means that all patients are ambulatory and can cooperate for all of the physical requirements of the imaging procedure.
false
