Health Self-Management
Managed Care
Implications of Technology
Working with the Internet
Using Technology in Teaching
100
What is the primary objective of self-management?
Answer: A Rationale: Self-management is a critical factor in managing chronic illness, since patients should be responsible for their own self-care in the home environment. Self-management supports greater education and awareness of chronic illness to improve outcomes.
100
What is the role of managed care in chronic illness?
Answer: A Rationale: Managed care organizations strive to contain costs for patients facing chronic illnesses. Therefore, they must examine gaps in knowledge and education that must be expanded to improve outcomes and greater quality of life for patients.
100
What percentage of annual healthcare costs is attributed to technology?
Answer: D Rationale: Between 40-50 percent of all healthcare costs on an annual basis are attributed to healthcare technologies (Callahan).
100
What percentage of adult patients use the Internet to obtain health-related information?
Answer: B Rationale: 72 percent of adults in the U.S. have used the Internet to obtain health information at least once within the past year (Pew Research Center).
100
What is the most important feature of simulated medical education?
Answer: B Rationale: Feedback (constructive and formative) is the most critical component of simulated medication education (AAMC).
200
What is the biggest potential benefit of self-management?
Answer: B Rationale: Above all else, self-management provides improved mental and physical health. This leads to greater quality of life and a level of confidence that the condition is manageable without major disruptions
200
How many people were enrolled in managed care plans in the United States in 2011
Answer: D Rationale: According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, there were 42,384,539 enrollees in managed care plans in 2011.
200
2. What percentage of GDP is attributed to health care expenditures?
Answer: B Rationale: In 2014, 18.4 percent of GDP is directly attributed to health care expenditures in the United States (Callahan).
200
What percentage of U.S. adults have used the Internet in an attempt to diagnose themselves or other people?
Answer: A Rationale: 35 percent of all U.S. adults have used the Internet to identify their own medical condition or somebody close to them (Pew Research Center).
200
What is the most important reason for clinical variation in simulated medical education scenarios?
Answer: A Rationale: Patient simulations are most effective when simulations address broad-based material across a number of subject areas (AAMC).
300
What percentage of older adults have at least one chronic illness?
Answer: C Rationale: In the United States, 92 percent of all adults over the age of 65 have been diagnosed with at least one type of chronic illness (NCOA). This leads to a significant burden on the healthcare system over time (NCOA).
300
Which U.S. state had the largest number of Medicaid enrollees in 2011?
Answer: C Rationale: California has the largest population in the union and the largest number of Medicaid enrollees (CMS).
300
What percentage of physicians use the Internet to obtain health-related information
Answer: A Rationale: In 2014, 86 percent of all physicians in the United States access the internet to obtain health information to address issues and to treat their patients (Alexander).
300
What percentage of U.S. adults use the Internet to track a health indicator, such as weight loss or diet?
Answer: C Rationale: 21 percent of U.S. adults use the Internet to track a health indicator that is important to them, such as weight, diet, or exercise (Pew Research Center).
300
What is the most important reason to validate simulated medical education?
Answer: B Rationale: It is important to validate simulator-based education so that students are able to expand their perceptual skills and improve their responses to critical events (AAMC).
400
What is the primary ethical objective associated with self-management
Answer: A Rationale: Quality of life is the ethical precursor for self-management. It supports a greater understanding of the reasons behind self-care in managing chronic illness
400
How many Medicaid participants are enrolled in Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) programs?
Answer: C Rationale: Approximately 9 million Medicaid enrollees are enrolled in PCCM programs (Kaiser Family Foundation).
400
How many healthcare or medical apps are available for smartphones and tablets?
Answer: C Rationale: An astonishing 9,000 apps related to health and medical information are available for download and use on smartphones and tablets (Alexander).
400
Of U.S. adults with one or more chronic health conditions, what percentage have Internet access?
Answer: B Rationale: 64 percent of U.S. adults with at least one chronic health condition (diabetes, hypertension, etc.) have Internet access (Pew Research Center).
400
What is necessary to improve faculty-based training in the use of multimedia technologies?
Answer: B Rationale: Training and certification programs are essential to the development of faculty members in order to master multimedia technologies (AAMC).
500
A client is offered a self-management plan to address his diabetic condition. What is the primary objective of this plan?
Answer: A Rationale: Diabetes self-management is designed to promote education and awareness of the disease. This encourages patients to support their plan of care through the activities that are learned for the home environment.
500
How many persons in the United States will be covered by Medicaid services by 2019?
Answer: D Rationale: Between now and 2019, 16 million people will be covered by Medicaid insurance (Kaiser Family Foundation).
500
In 2013, what was the increased number of Electronic Health Record Systems for use in healthcare organizations?
Answer: D Between 2012 and 2013, it was expected that an additional 191,000 electronic health records systems were implemented in healthcare facilities (Alexander).
500
Of U.S adults with one or more disabilities, what percentage use the Internet?
Answer: A Rationale: Of all U.S. adults with disabilities, 54 percent use the Internet (Pew Research Center).
500
What is the order of steps required to develop technology-based education?
Answer: C Rationale: The acronym ADDIE (analyze, design, develop, implement, evaluate) is essential in order to develop an effective technology-based education program for medication education (AAMC).
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