Question

Which of the following is not an example of inefficiencies in the US medical sector cause by the system's slow response to technological and organizational changes in the rest of the economy since the 1970's?

1)Separate coverage of inpatient and outpatient care by Medicare Part A and Part B respectively.

2) Relatively low rate of adoption of electronic medical records

3) Relatively low number of interdisciplinary teams of healthcare professionals working together, compared to the number of solo practitioners

4)Management practices steeped in long-standing traditions

5) Inability of the medical sector to go through the "creative destruction" cycles relatively smoothly

Answer 1

Solution: Separate coverage of inpatient and outpatient care by Medicare Part A and Part B respectively

Explanation: The work in interdisciplinary teams requires good communication, collaboration and coordination. Similarly long-standing traditions; low rate of adoption of electronic medical records and not adopting to creative destruction is due to the slow response to organizational and technological changes. However providing a separate coverage of inpatient and outpatient care by Medicare Part A and Part B does not displays inefficiencies in the US medical sector