HLTA02H3 Chapter 7: Chapter 7 Textbook Notes

Research three major challenges facing today's health care organizations. Compare the corporate culture of a company like Google or Intel with more traditional corporate cultures. Do you think corporate cultures like Google or Intel could work in the health care field and help resolve some the challenges health care organizations currently face? Why or why not?

Q29. According to your text, which of these is a major challenge that for-profit pharmaceutical corporations face in the future?

a. Maintaining an effective and long-lasting pipeline of new products

b. The possibility of being slapped by an anti-trust lawsuit

c. The stifling of innovation via overregulation by federal agencies

d. The discovery of a medical condition that is beyond the reach of current medical technology

Q30. A big problem a large portion of nursing home staff face is:

a. Patients do not respect them

b. They do not speak English

c. They experience substantial on-the-job stress

d. They have problems meeting the educational requirements of the job

Q31. The pharmaceutical industry is a complex system, with biomedical research, marketing, production, and distribution components.

a. true

b. false

Q32. Up until recent times, what category of physician provided the most health care services to ordinary citizens?

a. General practitioner

b. Cardiologist

c. Pediatricians

d. Emergency medicine

Evaluate a known health care information system for the impact on practice and research within the institution. Provide as much detail as possible regarding the "roll out" of the system, the time it took, how that impacted practice and what lessons were learned as a result. Include the impact on the nurses and other healthcare providers, for example, the time involved in training, the time involved in documentation, the transition in care that resulted, etc. For research and quality improvement, what opportunities are available to data mine the information system for tracking and analysis purposes.