The culture of the patient-clinician partnership always includes: a.

QUESTION

The culture of the patient-clinician partnership always includes:

a. requirements found in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
b. guided discovery.
c. involvement of technology specialists and social media activists.
d. epatients and clinicians working in collaboration towards shared goals.

ANSWER:

ANS: D
The culture of the patient-clinician partnership always includes epatients and clinicians working in collaboration towards shared goals. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act does not require patient-clinician partnerships. Guided discovery may be used in a patient-clinician partnership, but not always. Technology specialists and social media activists are not part of the patient-clinician partnership.