Identify the advantages of an integrated delivery system.
What will be an ideal response?
1. It captures efficiencies and savings from economies of scale by spreading out costs; 2. it efficiently integrates HIT and health information exchange into facilities; 3. it provides better continuity of care to patients; 4. it provides better positioning for future changes to healthcare reimbursement; 5. it provides better competition on quality and costs; 6. it provides better care to patients by providing a full range of services on a timely and convenient basis.
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with: A) physical dependence. B) habituation. C) psychological dependence. D) tolerance.
The type of communication system that works like a telephone is:
A) ultrasimplex. B) multiplex. C) simplex. D) duplex.
Which of the following would transfer the MOST force to a patient?
A) A car moving 70 miles an hour and entering the water B) A car moving 70 miles an hour and hitting brush C) A car moving 70 miles an hour and hitting a concrete wall D) A car moving 70 miles an hour and hitting a collapsible sign post
How must synovial fluids be handled differently than other fluids?
a. Perform a Gram stain if bacteria are seen. b. Dilute the fluid if the cell counts are high. c. Add hyaluronidase to overcome the viscous nature of fluid. d. Carefully search the whole cytospin preparation for malignant cells.