Introduction to Healthcare and Public Health in the US: Regulating Healthcare
Self Assessment Key
Choose the most correct answer.
1. The Joint Commission (formerly known as JCAHO) accredits:
*a. Entire healthcare organizations
b. Outpatient healthcare providers
c. Just nurses
d. Just physicians
Answer: a
Objective(s): 1
Lecture(s)/Slide(s): a6
2. What organization developed the National Patient Safety Goals, the Sentinel Event
Policy, and the Speak Up Initiative?
a. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
b. The Health Resources and Services Administration
*c. The Joint Commission
d. The Office of the Inspector General
Answer: c
Objective(s): 1
Lecture(s)/Slide(s): a9
3. Which of the following is one of the main roles of the FDA?
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Regulating Healthcare
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*a. Regulate drug safety
b. Prevent wrong-site surgery
c. Encourage patients to participate actively in their healthcare
d. Develop performance measures for hospitals
Answer: a
Objective(s): 1
Lecture(s)/Slide(s): a6
4. Negligence is one of the two main types of:
a. Felonies
b. Litigation
*c. Torts
d. Violations of administrative law
Answer: c
Objective(s): 2
Lecture(s)/Slide(s): b14
5. Administrative Hearings would be held for:
*a. Social Security Appeals
b. Civil litigation
c. Criminal Cases
d. Malpractice Claims
Answer: a
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Introduction to Healthcare and
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Regulating Healthcare
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Objective(s): 2
Lecture(s)/Slide(s): b19
6. In order to prove medical malpractice, an injured person must prove all of the
following EXCEPT:
a. The health provider had a duty of reasonable care.
b. The health provider did not meet the minimum standard of care or failed to obtain
informed consent.
c. The health provider’s failure to meet the standard of care was the primary cause of
the injury.
*d. The injury resulted in physical harm.
Answer: d
Objective(s): 3
Lecture(s)/Slide(s): c13
7. The Affordable Care Act is slated to:
a. Provide better access to insurance
b. Improve public health
c. Increase Medicaid and Medicare payments
*d. All of the above
Answer: d
Objective(s): 3
Lecture(s)/Slide(s): c4
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Introduction to Healthcare and
Public Health in the US
Regulating Healthcare
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8. Lack of informed consent can lead to accusation of:
a. Battery
b. Negligence
c. Malpractice
*d. All of the above
Answer: d
Objective(s): 3
Lecture(s)/Slide(s): c10
9. Fraud is:
*a. The intentional misrepresentation or concealment of relevant facts
b. Unnecessary costs as a result of poor management, practices, or controls
c. Excessively or improperly using government resources
d. Pre-determined non-economic damage
Answer: a
Objective(s): 3
Lecture(s)/Slide(s): c20
10. Which of the following is not true of HIPAA?
*a. New employer plan may limit coverage due to pre-existing condition
b. Improves access to long term care
c. If health insurance is lost, improves access to group health plan
d. Protects use of health savings accounts
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Regulating Healthcare
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Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under Award Number IU24OC000015.
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Answer: a
Objective(s): 4
Lecture(s)/Slide(s): d3
11. The HIPAA Security Rule:
a. Ensures compliance by the workforce
b. Requires covered entities to use security measures to protect health information
c. Anticipates threats to security and integrity of information, and protects against them
*d. All of the above
Answer: d
Objective(s): 4
Lecture(s)/Slide(s): d11
12. The following government agency enforces HIPAA:
a. FDA
b. AHRQ
c. JC
*d. OCR
Answer: d
Objective(s): 4
Lecture(s)/Slide(s): d12
13. A government agency that is an important source on research about patient safety
and privacy is:
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*a. AHRQ
b. JC
c. OCR
d. FDA
Answer: a
Objective(s): 4
Lecture(s)/Slide(s): d17-19
14. A clinical documentation improvement (CDI) program strives to:
a. Improve the quality of documentation in the health record
b. Reduce fraud and abuse
c. Improve the coding and reimbursement process
*d. All of the above
Answer: d
Objective(s): 5
Lecture(s)/Slide(s): e7
15. The health record is:
a. A communication tool among care providers
b. A tool to improve quality and safety for patients
c. The legal business record of a healthcare organization
*d. all of the above
Answer: d
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Introduction to Healthcare and
Public Health in the US
Regulating Healthcare
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Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under Award Number IU24OC000015.
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Objective(s): 5
Lecture(s)/Slide(s): e3-4
Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
Introduction to Healthcare and
Public Health in the US
Regulating Healthcare
This material (Comp1_Unit6) was developed by Oregon Health and Science University, funded by the Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under Award Number IU24OC000015.
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