Please answer the following questions as completely as possible, using any resources available to you. There are no minimum or maximum length limits to your answers, however aim to be both concise and thorough! Each question may require a different length response. Choose 10 questions from the questions listed below.

1. Medical technology encompasses more than just sophisticated equipment. Discuss.
2. What role does an IT department play in a modern health care organization?
3. Provide brief descriptions of clinical information systems, administrative information systems, and decision support systems in health care delivery.
4. Describe how some of the changes in the health services delivery system have led to a decline in hospital inpatient days and a growth in ambulatory services.
5. What implications has the decline in hospital occupancy rates had for hospital management?
6. All primary care is ambulatory, but not all ambulatory services represent primary care. Discuss.
7. As hospitals evolved from rudimentary custodial and quarantine facilities to their current state, how did their purpose and function change?
8. What were the main factors responsible for the growth of hospitals until the latter part of the 20th century?
9. Name the three main forces that have been responsible for hospital downsizing. How has each of these forces been responsible for the decline in inpatient hospital utilization?
10. What is a voluntary hospital? Explain. How did voluntary hospitals evolve in the United States?
11. Discuss the role of government in the growth, as well as the decline, of hospitals in the United States.
12. Discuss the different types of public hospitals and the roles they play in the delivery of healthcare services in the United States.
13. Long-term care services must be individualized, integrated, and coordinated. Elaborate on this statement, pointing out why these elements are essential in the delivery of long-term care.
14. What is meant by "quality of life?" Briefly discuss the five main features of this multifaceted concept.
15. How do formal and informal long-term care differ? What is the importance of informal care in LTC delivery?
16. What are the main goals of community-based and institution-based long-term care services?
17. Why has long-term care become an important service for people with HIV/AIDS?
18. What is meant by the continuum of institutional long-term care? Discuss the clinical services delivered by residential/personal care facilities, assisted living facilities, and skilled nursing facilities.