Patient Navigation and Advocacy Flashcards
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A patient with congestive heart failure is readmitted within 30 days for the third time. Which navigation strategy is MOST likely to reduce future readmissions?
Answer: Implementing a care transition plan with scheduled home visits and medication reconciliation
Structured care transition plans with medication reconciliation and home follow-up are evidence-based strategies to reduce heart failure readmissions.
What is the purpose of a 'warm handoff' in patient navigation?
Answer: A direct introduction between the patient and the next provider to ensure continuity
A warm handoff is a direct, real-time introduction between the patient and their next provider to reduce care gaps.
Which ethical principle is MOST central to patient advocacy in community paramedicine?
Answer: Autonomy — respecting the patient's right to make informed decisions
Autonomy underpins advocacy by ensuring patients are informed and empowered to direct their own care.
A patient is enrolled in Medicare. Which program MOST directly assists with out-of-pocket drug costs for low-income Medicare beneficiaries?
Answer: Medicare Part D Extra Help (Low Income Subsidy)
Medicare Part D Extra Help (Low Income Subsidy) reduces prescription drug costs for qualifying low-income Medicare beneficiaries.
During a home visit, a community paramedic discovers a patient is unable to perform basic ADLs (activities of daily living). Which referral is MOST appropriate?
Answer: Home health aide or personal care attendant services
Home health aides and personal care attendants directly assist patients with ADL deficits in their own homes.
A community paramedic is working with a patient who has mental illness and is reluctant to engage with psychiatric services. What is the BEST approach?
Answer: Build therapeutic rapport over multiple visits and use motivational interviewing to explore barriers
Motivational interviewing and consistent rapport-building are evidence-based methods to engage reluctant patients with mental illness.
Which tool is MOST commonly used by community paramedics to screen for depression during home visits?
Answer: PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9)
The PHQ-9 is a validated, widely used tool for screening depression severity in community and primary care settings.