Given the amount of detail in laws and regulations at both the state and federal levels, the health care industry is, at the very least, a quasi-regulated industry. - True
In recent decades government and insurers hav
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Given the amount of detail in laws and regulations at both the state and federal levels, the health care industry is, at the very least, a quasi-regulated industry. - True
In recent decades government and insurers have exerted control over much of health care's money supply - True
The pace of technological change in health care has slowed considerably over the recent decade - False
Managed care organizations have brought pressure to bear on hospitals and physicians to reduce the length of hospital stays - True
A formal agreement between separately owned and controlled facilities to officially coordinate and share certain activities is most appropriately referred to as - an affiliation
Which of the following is not true concerning regulation of the health care industry? - The regulation of health care has little actual impact on a health care organization's day to day activities
The apparent principal driving force behind the growth of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) has been: - driven principally by dollars- the desire of payers to stem excessive cost increases or reduce costs overall
The goal of organizational survival is so fundamental that it underpins all other goals of an organization. Threats to organizational survival may include what? - lack of strong leadership, competition, failure to recognize and accept organizational survival as a legitimate organizational purpose
The administration of an acute care hospital invites the owner of local comprehensive rehabilitation facility to serve as a voting member on the hospital's areawide planning commission. In this way the hospital is "sharing" its power by absorbing new leadership. This is an example of: - formal co-optation
An acute care hospital has declared a three year moratorium on building due to uncertainty about economic and demographic shifts in it local area. This is an example of: - hibernation
The owners of an independent rehabilitation center have made the decision to add new specialty service for sports-related injuries to its existing range of services. This is an example of: - goal expansion
All of the following are characteristics of the youth stage in the organizational life cycle except: - resistance to change
All of the following are characteristics of middle age phase in the organizational life cycle except: - frequent innovative decision making
(routine, predictable procedures
Blend of formal and informal communication patterns,
management authority derived primarily from formal position)
All of the following are characteristics of the old age phase of the life cycle except: - goal expansion efforts
(primary efforts geared to organizational survival,
staff reduction initiative, increasing hostility by employees toward the management team)
The restructuring of healthcare organizations through mergers and affiliations are efforts aimed at adaptation and survival. Amongst other things, the belief is that an increase in size will give the healthcare organization greater clout in negotiations with managed care providers and improve efficiencies as the result of centralized administrative practices. - True
According to the video clip, "Managing Change in a Large Organization", organizations can only survive in a highly competitive environment if they have the resilience to effectively deal with change, whether coming from within the company or from the outside. - True
A legislative mandate, such as the Patient Self Determination Act, is an example of what? - a healthcare trend that demonstrates a concern about patient wishes and the rights of patients to facilitate their own health care decisions
Select the demographic patterns of the overall population that would have a direct impact on healthcare organizations. - increase in the number of older persons, the rise in autism, the increase in childhood obesity
Health care costs have been driven up by what? - government programs that include Medicaid and Medicare and the overexpansion of the hospital system, changes in medical practice and the increase in medical specialties, and advances in technology and pharmaceuticals
One example of changes in information technology are the HIPPA regulations which require the adoption of standard protocols for electronic transactions - True
Information technology has a major impact on health care delivery. Rather than the historical methods of gathering and retaining information, which new methods are associated with information technology in the digital age? - data mining, informatics standards and common language, and PDAs, portable computers, e-mail
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