A recent Journal article has Identified three new patient safety Initiatives. When reviewing these Initiatives, the first action of a healthcare quality professional Is to
A long-term care facility Is Interestedinanalyzing data to determine If there Is a relationship between the number of medications residents are prescribed and the number of falls the residents experience. Which of the following quality tools Is most appropriate to help the long-term care facility understand the data?
A hospital Is anticipating an accreditation survey In the next four months, and the quality director forms a team to ensure compliance with current requirements. This indicates the hospital Is
A healthcare quality professional Is doing a studyinthe emergency room. Every other patient admitted to the department Is Includedinthe sample. This sampling technique Is best described as
A healthcare organization has Introduced an Initiative to Increase lung cancer screenings for Its patient population with a history of smoking. This screening would fall into which of the following types of prevention?
A quality professional has been asked to assist with prioritizing quality performance Initiatives In the surgery department. Given the Information In the matrix below, which of the following performance Initiatives should take priority?
A patient safety manager provided training on hand hygiene guidelines. The clinical manager Is confident that staff are following the guidelines. Which of the following Is the best method to evaluate the current compliance with the guidelines?
What Is the Initial step the quality professional should take when the organization's performance on a patient satisfaction strategic goal Is below the desired performance?
A healthcare organization wishes to develop an education plan for quality and patient safety. Based on adult learning principles, the planned education Is most likely to be effective when
The following data are known:
Which of the following accurately describes this chart?
A root cause analysts (RCA) was conducted tor an event related to a delayed high-priority alarm response. Alarm fatigue was determined to be a root cause. Which of the following Is the most appropriate first Intervention?
Which ofthe following quality ImprovementToolsIs best for risk assessment of a new or modified process?
A facility Is reviewing their quality program for compliance with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation. Which of the following Is the most Important factor in program compliance?
A national health plan has recently acquired a local health plan. At the year anniversary of the merger, the -local health plan staff still struggles with the transition to the new organizational values. Which of the following Is the most likely explanation for the difficulty?
An organization recently completed an analysis of safety events from the last year. The majority of events were related to the following:
• provider order transcription errors (5%)
• wrong medication given to the patient (12%)
• adverse reaction related to medication allergies (7%)
• Inappropriate medication dose administered (10%)
• delayed antibiotic administration (10%)
Which of the following would be most helpful to enhance patient safety In this organization?
Multi-voting Is frequently usedinwhich of the following steps of the quality Improvement process?
Which ofthe following Is the best example of effective learningina learning organization?
A healthcare quality Improvement team is working on an action plan to address medication system defects. Based on the data from the chart below, what would be the next step?
When working with a new quality Improvement team, the quality professional should stress the importance of
A department analyzed Its process for distributing paychecks to employees. The analysis showed there were multiple checkpoints tor approval, delays In processing of the checks, and errors that caused extra work for staff. Which of the following types of waste were identified during the analysis?
An organization Is Implementing a new electronic medical record and has employed a project manager. At the first meeting, the project manager observes the following:
• The team estimates It Is one-fourth finished with Identifying benchmark organizations.
• Team members have not yet begun to identify the current state.
- They are halfway through collecting public data, which puts them slightly behind schedule for that task.
Which of the following tools should the quality Improvement project manager recommend?
The quality Improvement (Ql) specialist recognizes that any documents related to medical peer review are
A quality professional Is the leader of a teaminthe storming phase of development Which of the following should the quality professional be prepared to do?