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In a Changed World, Optimizing Patient Outcomes Requires a Blended Care Approach

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1.  An over-arching goal of relationship-centered communication and execution of best-practice protocols is
  1. Consistent, full time hearing aid use
  2. Situational hearing aid use
  3. Complete satisfaction with the patient experience
  4. 100% benefit from amplification
2.  Essential outcomes associated with consistent, full-time hearing aid use are:
  1. Hair color related
  2. Daily communication that improves participation and activity level
  3. Battery Life
  4. All of the above
3.  Which of the following best describe the rationale of using best-practice protocols:
  1. Provide structure and consistency of care
  2. Improved scheduling
  3. Improved telehealth
  4. None of the above
4.  Using both in-person and remote care is described as:
  1. A train wreck
  2. Blended care
  3. Best-practices
  4. Relationship-centered communication
5.  Which of the following is NOT a criteria for successful implementation of best-practice protocol
  1. Lead to better patient outcomes
  2. Can be consistently followed my most patients
  3. Delivered in a reasonable timeframe
  4. Free up in-person clinical time
6.  The virtual or remote pure tone testing described here is
  1. Skyway Audiometry
  2. AMTAS
  3. hearScreen USA
  4. SHOEBOX Audiometry
7.  The acronym of the study in which the best-practices outlined here is referred to as:
  1. ACHEIVE
  2. COSI
  3. SIGNIA
  4. SHOEBOX
8.  Supporting self-management best practice tools outlined in this presentation are:
  1. COSI
  2. RLO - CSHear and I-ACE
  3. SHOEBOX
  4. None of the above
9.  A key time-based finding of the ACHIEVE best practice study is
  1. 6 visits with the audiologist over a 60 day period leads to a high probablility of success with hearing aids
  2. 3 visits with the audiologist over a 60 day period leads to a high probablility of success with hearing aids
  3. 6 visits with the audiologist over a 30 day period leads to a high probablility of success with hearing aids
  4. 9 visits with the audiologist over a 60 day period leads to a high probablility of success with hearing aids
10.  Another key time-based finding of the ACHIEVE best practice study, as it applies to blended care
  1. None of the visits with a patient can be conducted using remote technology
  2. None of the visits with a patient can be conducted in-person
  3. Several of the visits, but probably not all, can be conducted using remote technology
  4. Only younger patients who use the internet and a smartphone are able to use remote technology is the intervention process

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