Exam 13: Quality and Safety in Health Care

Putting a continuous quality improvement structure in place includes:

Which of the following is a quality model?

The rapid changes in healthcare and the added focus on patient safety have required:

Benchmarking requires understanding of statistical methods,including the validity and reliability of the tools and measures used in both organizations,understanding systems variation,and sampling methods.

The traditional quality assurance model:

Which of the following is true about process teams?

Currently,quality improvement entails:

Which of the following methods is useful for selecting or recognizing a process to be improved?

Which of the following is not an example of a sentinel event? Select all that apply.

Which of the following is not a safety initiative?

Which of the following is true about a special-cause variation chart? Select all that apply.

In a culture of blame,which of the following is targeted as the cause of the adverse event?

Systemic issues are questioned and targeted for improvement in a:

Which of the following is on the official Joint Commission "Do Not Use" list and should be avoided? Select all that apply.

Which of the following is part of the specific knowledge,tools,and techniques required for a new quality in healthcare? Select all that apply.