1.
ch01-001
Principles of Healthcare Leadership Bernard J. Healey Test bank
1. The resource trap can be seen in
*a. an organization that continues to invest scarce
resources in old systems.
b. an organization that holds onto the ways activities
and processes have been performed in the past.
c. an organization that continues to invest in
buildings that will never be utilized.
d. an organization that does not offer training for
its staff.
e. the inability to plan for the future.
f. the inability to invest in technology.
2. ch01-002
The real cause of cost escalation and diminished quality of
health in our country is
a. too many physicians in the United States.
b. too many nurses in hospitals.
c. too many government regulations.
d. insurance companies.
*e. the chronic disease epidemic
f. poor diet and lack of exercise.
3. ch01-003
According to Emanuel (2014), an architect of the Affordable
Care Act, six megatrends will directly result from the law.
They include all of the following except what?
a. A change in the care of chronic diseases
b. Hospital closures
c. Major changes to medical education
*d. The end of capitation
e. The end of cost escalation
f. The end of employer-financed health insurance
4. ch01-004
Which of the following is the historical approach to paying
healthcare providers for services rendered?
a. Pay for performance
b. Capitation
c. DRG
d. Relative value system
*e. Fee-for-service
f. Voucher system
5. ch01-005
Which of the following is the newest form of economic
analysis designed to make successful decisions about the
use of scarce health resources?
a. Cost utility analysis
b. Cost minimization analysis
*c. Comparative effectiveness research
d. Cost-effectiveness analysis
e. Least cost review
f. Marginal analysis
6. ch01-006
A number of reasons have been given for concerns about
diminished quality in health services delivery. Which of
the following is not one of those concerns?
a. Healthcare services are vital for everyone.
b. Healthcare services are expensive.
c. Healthcare services are complex to deliver.
*d. Healthcare services are delivered by a monopolist.
e. Healthcare services are an investment in our future
health.
f. Hospital infections are epidemic.
7. ch01-007
All of the following represent hospital mistakes and errors
that should never happen except for what?
a. Never events
b. MRSA
c. Nosocomial infections
d. Medical errors
*e. Palliative care
f. Wrong medication received by patient
8. ch01-008
A leader must be all of the following except for what?
a. An authentic embodiment of care values
b. Trustworthy
*c. Authoritarian
d. Focused on results
e. Passionately committed to the mission
f. Capable of building relationships
9. ch01-009
Which of the following is not something every leader should
be able to do?
a. Understand the system
b. Model the way
c. Use and teach improvement methods
*d. Have a complete understanding of accounting
methods
e. Be capable of developing new leaders
f. Explain the challenges of the current reality
10. ch01-010
All of the following efforts are necessary for reducing
high-risk health behaviors by patients except for what?
a. Make certain that patients understand the role of
health behaviors.
b. Provide health education to all patients seen by
the healthcare system.
c. Provide healthcare brochures to patients at every
meeting.
*d. Require patients to list all their high-risk
health behaviors at each appointment.
e. Offer incentives to patients for healthy behaviors.
f. Offer health-related videos in the waiting area of
each clinic.
11. ch01-011
The psychological trap is very common in healthcare
organizations.
*a. True
b. False
12. ch01-012
A paradigm shift is a change in the way one thinks about
how to proceed through a process or to design an activity.
*a. True
b. False
13. ch01-013
The real cause of cost escalation and diminished quality in
healthcare today is hospital expansion.
a. True
*b. False
14. ch01-014
According to Emanuel (2014), one of the megatrend changes
in healthcare will be hospital closures.
*a. True
b. False
15. ch01-015
A pay-for-performance payment system is a reimbursement
model whereby providers are paid for the quantity of
services offered.
a. True
*b. False
16. ch01-016
Comparative effectiveness research is an economics-focused
process for comparing the cost of an intervention with its
effectiveness.
a. True
*b. False
17. ch01-017
Health behaviors are learned, but they cannot be changed.
a. True
*b. False
18. ch01-018
The primary cause of the escalation in healthcare costs
every year is the chronic disease epidemic.
*a. True
b. False
19. ch01-019
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) reported that over 1
million individual patients die in American hospitals on an
annual basis due to hospital-acquired infections.
a. True
*b. False
20. ch01-020
Developing the right incentives will go a long way toward
changing the US healthcare delivery system to reduce costs
and improve quality.
*a. True
b. False