Deck 3: Todays Health Leadership Challenges

Question 1

Give an example of one aspect of change in the healthcare industry today.

Answer 1

No Answer.

Question 2

Relate, discuss, and explain the importance of the application of a leadership competency model to contemporary health industry change.

Answer 2

No Answer.

Question 3

There is a growing trend to incorporate organizational culture into leadership theories and models.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Leaders cannot create culture; they must adapt to the culture.

Question 5

Sociodemographic issues are things such as age, race, ethnicity, and languages, as well as income and education.

Question 6

For the health leader, sociodemographic factors come down to six questions.

Question 7

Health care in the United States is primarily funded from one source.

Question 8

Healthcare delivery in the United States is arguably the most complex system for delivering care in the world.

Question 9

It is the responsibility of a leader and a leadership team to hire middle managers who will remain current about and relevant to situational and environmental change; then convey this information to the leadership team.

Question 10

Human resources (HR) within the healthcare organization is being seen as potential source for innovation in the transition to value-based care.

Question 11

The Chief Financial Officer is responsible for making the majority of the strategic decisions in an organization.

Question 12

Human resources can be used to help achieve healthcare reform goals.

Question 13

The supply chain integrates with the healthcare provider to diagnose, treat, and care for a patient.

Question 14

Which of the following is accurate regarding the implementation of legislation and statutes?

A) Health policies are implemented by private organizations without government involvement.
B) Before it is enacted, a law will include all of the details needed to follow it.
C) Regulations address how to do things, but not the legality of various actions related to a law.
D) Congress often authorizes government agencies to create regulations for the implementation of policies.

Question 15

According to the Donabedian model, diagnosis, treatment, and patient education are all part of what?

A) Practices
B) Processes
C) Outcomes
D) Structures

Question 16

A health organization that studies the health characteristics of the population in a specific area and then implements a health education plan geared towards that target population is engaged in what?

A) Biostatistics
B) Epidemiology
C) Community health
D) Health policy and management

Question 17

An individual is depositing money into an account used to pay for out-of-pocket healthcare expenses. The money in the account earns interest, and the individual does not lose any money that is still in the account at the end of the year. What type of account is this individual using?

A) Flexible spending account
B) Tax-free savings account
C) Health savings account
D) Self-pay spending account

Question 18

A data warehouse that holds data elicited from ERP systems and organizational documents that disclose costs of services, billing amounts, expected reimbursements, and expenses for the organization is focused on which category of health analytics?

A) Population data
B) Process data
C) Profitability data
D) Patient data

Question 19

Which of the following is true of the Iron Triangle model?

A) Increasing efficiency, decreasing regulation, and improving technology are three conditions that can break the relationship.
B) If two of the components of cost, quality, and access to care move in a positive direction, the third must also move in a positive direction.
C) The three components of the model are increasing efficiency, decreasing regulation, and improving technology.
D) If efficiency increases and regulation decreases, technology must improve.

Question 20

According to the Donabedian model, changes to health status, behavior changes, and knowledge changes are all part of what?

A) Practices
B) Processes
C) Outcomes
D) Structures

Question 21

A health organization that studies disease rates and ways to control it is engaged in what?

A) Biostatistics
B) Epidemiology
C) Community health
D) Health policy and management

Question 22

A data warehouse designed to hold information dealing with the health and well-being of the community as a whole is focused on which category of health analytics?

A) Population data
B) Process data
C) Profitability data
D) Patient data