Deck 15: Leadership and Community Outreach

Question 1

Outreach activities allow leaders of healthcare organizations to serve the health needs of a community without endangering the organization's financial viability by leveraging the organization's resources.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Even in larger, more urban areas, healthcare facilities are not molded by local or regional characteristics.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

A hospital-sponsored walk designed to increase the public awareness of colon cancer serves all the following except:

A) Highlights concern for patients impacted by colon cancer
B) Increases community knowledge of the hospital's treatments for colon cancer
C) Provides an alternative to the costly National Cancer Society events
D) Provides an opportunity for hospitals to go beyond their organizational walls

Answer 3

C

Question 4

It is beneficial for healthcare leaders to bring which of the following to the table to address widespread community concerns?

A) Key strategic partners outside the healthcare organization
B) Direct healthcare competitors in the community
C) Key leaders within the healthcare organization
D) All of the above

Question 5

Leaders of healthcare organizations play what type of role in successful outreach programs?

A) Supportive to clinical staff
B) Critical and directive
C) Back up support when necessary
D) The allocation of key financial resources

Question 6

Addressing a challenge such as obesity intervention is best served by utilizing the resources of a multiple organizations within a community.

Question 7

A key attribute healthcare leaders must develop in order to develop outreach initiatives that serve an entire community is:

A) The ability to empathize with the needs of a large population
B) Intimate knowledge of the treatment options for specific disease processes
C) A Master's degree in either business or healthcare administration
D) A clinical background

Question 8

Which of the following is not one of the factors necessary for effective community partnership:

A) Ability to promote vision-based leadership
B) Collateral leadership
C) Total Quality Management principles
D) Process based leadership

Question 9

PPACA requires hospitals to conduct a community health needs assessment annually.

Question 10

Prior to the Critical Access Hospital program, how many rural hospitals closed in the 1980's?

A) 54
B) 95
C) 330
D) 2,125

Question 11

The failure rate for rural hospitals was 29% lower than for urban facilities, often creating an additional healthcare void that was left unfilled.

Question 12

Which of the following was one factor that led the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network to develop the shared Information Technology Expertise program?

A) Creation of software programs specific to the needs of Critical Access Hospitals
B) Ability to share staff with a health information technology skillset which can be rare to find in small communities
C) Need to develop a way to resell outdated imaging technology such as CT scanners
D) Ability to acquire used computers from urban hospital systems

Question 13

Which of the following began as a small private nonprofit practice in the early 1980s, evolved into a Rural Health Clinic:

A) University of Mississippi's Trauma Project
B) Greater Cincinnati Health Council's Healthbridge
C) Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network's Physician Peer Review
D) Pendleton Community Care's Comprehensive Primary Care Clinic

Question 14

All of the following are potential challenges to outreach initiatives for a healthcare organization except:

A) Limited financial resources
B) Industry regulations
C) Shortage of specialized personnel
D) Negative impact on the development of potential clinical affiliations

Question 15

How does outreach in healthcare organizations differ from that of other industries?

A) Other industries rarely perform outreach activities
B) Healthcare outreach can have a profoundly positive impact on the lives of individuals and communities
C) Most healthcare workers are required to volunteer at least 16 hours a year to outreach activities to maintain their license to practice
D) PPACA regulations require that all official healthcare outreach programs must now be approved in advance by the Department of Health and Human Services