Entries by Daphne Hanson

Combination of fluoxetine and Olanzapine

Your patient is a 36-year-old woman with bipolar disorder and anxiety. She has been stable on a combination of fluoxetine and olanzapine for two years.  She is morbidly obese at 340 pounds at 5’5″ in height, has type II diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia.  She has concerns about her weight and has tried numerous ‘fad diets’ […]

Interventions to decrease 30-day readmission rates for Heart failure patients

looking for PICO question for comparison of two different interventions to decrease 30-day readmission rates for heart failure patients aged 65 and older. Can you please check sample PICO question below? any similia PICO question would be acceptable. I prefer simple and succinct! Thanks in advance   In heart failure patients ages 65 and older, […]

Provider payment models

Question 4 (1 point) Listen Which of the following provider payment models is associated with the practice of “defensive medicine”? O Fee for Service O Bundled Payments/Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG’s) O Bundled payments Pay for Performance

Evaluating Policy content

Question 8 (1 point) Listen Which of the following is not a relevant question to ask when evaluating policy content? Are the goals and rationales clearly stated? What are the policy impact following evaluation? O How will the outcomes be measured? Who is going to finance the policy?

The National Academy of Medicine

Which of the following are part of The National Academy of Medicine (NAM’s) definition of health care quality? Question 1 a Patient-centered, competent, free of errors, evaluated, culturally sensitive, and accessible b Safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable c Cost effectiveness, timeliness, accessibility, economical, pain well controlled, and fair d Protection against complications, equitable, […]