New equipment has just been purchased for a Health Information Services Department

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New equipment has just been purchased for a Health Information Services Department

Question 1 (1 point)

Price fixing is considered a per se violation of the antitrust laws. Price fixing occurs when two or more competitors come together to decide on a price that will be charged for services or goods. The per se rule here applies to

Question 41 options:

A)

price fixing and group boycotts

B)

horizontal market allocation and price fixing

C)

group boycotts

D)

tying

Question 2 (1 point)

Credentialing should include at a minimum

Question 42 options:

A)

privileges not requested

B)

current in competency

C)

geographical location

D)

privileges requested and current competency

Question 3 (1 point)

To help hospitals move toward a culture of safety, they need to

Question 43 options:

A)

discourage patients from questioning their care

B)

ensure that accountability and responsibility is fluid as to who is responsible for monitoring an organization’s safety initiatives.

C)

involve the medical staff in the development and implementation of systems that are designed to create a culture of safety

D)

educate a few staff members as to their individual roles in establishing and maintaining a safe environment for patients within six months prior to appointment to a safety committee

Question 4 (1 point)

A physician takes the health records of a group of HIV-positive patients out of the hospital to complete research tasks at home. The physician mistakenly leaves the records in a restaurant where they are read by a newspaper reporter who publishes an article that identifies the patients. The physician can be sued for:

Question 44 options:

A)

Slander

B)

Willful infliction of mental distress

C)

Libel

D)

Invasion of privacy

Question 5 (1 point)

The EMTALA regulations include all of the following except which?

Question 45 options:

A)

Transfers of non-stabilized patients must only occur under certain specific conditions.

B)

Every patient arriving at the emergency department must receive an appropriate “medical screening exam.”

C)

If an emergency medical condition exists, the hospital must treat and stabilize that condition or transfer the patient.

D)

Non-Medicare indigent patients must be transferred to the nearest level-1 trauma center.

Question 6 (1 point)

A hospital is reviewing the quantity and type of resources being used in the provision of chemotherapy treatments. This is an example of:

Question 46 options:

A)

FOCUS-PDCA review

B)

Accreditation review

C)

Medication reconciliation

D)

Utilization management review

Question 7 (1 point)

The Joint Commission measures that are standardized metric tools that provide an indication of an organization’s performance are called

Question 47 options:

A)

Measures of Central Tendency

B)

Vital Statistics Measures

C)

Core Performance Measures

D)

Performance Improvement Measures

Question 8 (1 point)

The Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act ranks the next-of-kin in the following order for medical decision-making purposes:

Question 48 options:

A)

Adult sibling, adult child, spouse, parent

B)

Parent, spouse, adult child, adult sibling

C)

Spouse, parent, adult sibling, adult child

D)

Spouse, adult child, parent, adult sibling

Question 9 (1 point)

An Health Care professional who releases health information that he or she knows will result in genetic discrimination is violating the ethical principle of

Question 49 options:

A)

Autonomy

B)

Beneficence

C)

Justice

D)

Nonmaleficence

Question 10 (1 point)

New equipment has just been purchased for a Health Information Services Department. Prior to its arrival and placement in the department, it is important for the manager to adhere to the rules and regulations governed by

Question 50 options:

A)

OSHA

B)

FMLA

C)

SSA

D)

CMS

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