Exam 9: Current Issues and Trends

Partnerships formed in the community that involve clients taking a more active role in their health care needs are showing improved health outcomes. According to the text, which of the following is one positive effect of these community partnerships that clients experience?

Eliasoph (2014) describes complex integration in health care as part of the solution to the challenge of sustaining Canada's health care system. He states that the complex integration systems such as regional health authorities and local health integration networks in Ontario will be expected to

Client-centred and family-centred care are very important concepts of care that can have varied definitions. How can organizations safeguard to ensure that, within their organizations, the definitions and concepts are clear?

Horizontal integration occurs when

Following a budget meeting, the nurse manager is preparing to meet with her employees to get their thoughts on some strategies that may be used to promote sustainability in the organization. One of the agenda items is to create, with her employees, outcome targets that can be used on the unit to try to curtail expenses. According to the four guiding principles of health care sustainability, the nurse knows that meeting outcome targets are an example of

The ability to sustain health and health care systems and services in a community is a top priority for Canada. Presently, Canada is among the OECD countries that rank highest in per capita health care spending. Which of the following factor(s) most contribute(s) to this?

According to the text, which of the following is a possible cause for increased provincial health care spending in Ontario?

What are the four guiding principles that have been proposed as plans to contribute to health care sustainability?

Eliasoph (2014) describes simple integration as a cooperative and collaborative process that can occur between others for the benefit of the client. Eliasoph believes that simple integration can occur with

Provincial governments are becoming proactive by reviewing other ways to decrease their health care expenditures without decreasing their budgets. Which of the following ways have been proposed?

What is the principle idea behind "upstream" work in the community?

Vertical integration occurs when

The nurse manager is very aware of the needed items for her unit and now has a list of those items. The nurse knows that, according to the four guiding principles of health care sustainability, being sure of the supplies needed is a way to optimize the use of those resources and eliminate waste, and is an example of which of the following guiding principles? (Select all that apply.)

Individuals are essential partners in the effort to improve quality and safety in health care, and are also needed to participate as active members of the team or organization that they work for. This is essential for which of the following?

Explain or map out the six (6) key factors identified in the Framework for Sustainable Health in Health care.

Map out, using a concept mind map, your vision of an ideal health care system using Shortell, Gillies, and Anderson's (1996) characteristics of an ideal health care system.

How many key factors are identified in the Framework for Sustainable Health and Health Care?

Shortell, Gillies, and Anderson (1996) developed the idea of an organized delivery system and characterized an ideal health system, which led to the idea of integrated and coordinated health care. What are the two types of integration that were created?

Integrated health care systems are needed that can create for consumers of health care a "one-stop shopping" ability. What does this mean for the consumer?

An integrated health care system is one that aims to