Essentials of Healthcare Improvement Test Solution Manual Already Passed
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Healthcare Improvement
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Healthcare Improvement
Essentials of Healthcare Improvement Test Solution Manual Already Passed
Research - Answers Generating or validating new knowledge based on a theory. Uses scientific methods.
EBP - Answers Translates the best clinical evidence, typically from research results to make practice decisions. Evaluate...
Essentials of Healthcare Improvement Test Solution Manual Already Passed
Research - Answers Generating or validating new knowledge based on a theory. Uses scientific methods.
EBP - Answers Translates the best clinical evidence, typically from research results to make practice
decisions. Evaluates the best available evidence to see if practice warrants a change.
QI - Answers Uses a system to monitor and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of care based on
EBP and research. Uses a systematic method for improving processes or outcomes. Projects are site
specific.
research methodologies - Answers Qualitative and Quantitative
EBP methodologies - Answers Levels of Evidence
Quality improvement QSEN definition - Answers Use of data to monitor outcomes of care processes and
use of improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety
of healthcare.
QI is the process used to identify and resolve performance deficiencies. Quality improvement includes
measuring performance against a set of predetermined standards. - Answers In health care, these
standards are set by the facility and consider accrediting and professional standards.
The QI process focuses on assessment of outcomes and determines ways to - Answers improve the
delivery of quality care.
Joint Commission's accreditation standards require institutions to show - Answers evidence of QI in
order to maintain accreditation status.
Based on 2 major studies: Concluded that 98,000 - Answers patients are killed each year from medical
errors
Equivalent to three jumbo jets crashing every other day; statistics widely reported by the media
to err is human confirmed that poor quality of care is a - Answers major problem
Establish a website that focuses on leadership, research, tools, and protocols related to patient safety; -
Answers now have AHRQ and NQF
Identify and learn from errors by developing - Answers public mandatory reporting systems; TJC
Raise performance standards for safety through oversight organizations, professional groups, and group
purchasers; - Answers Insurance groups (CMS, NDNQI)
IOM implements a culture of patient - Answers safety
, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health Care System for the 21st Century - Answers Identified that
the healthcare system does not provide consistent high quality care to all
Americans should be receiving care based on the best scientific knowledge
Defined a vision for improving quality of healthcare
six dimensions of health care quality - Answers safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, patient-
centered
safe - Answers Avoiding injuries to patients from the care that is intended to help them-Do no harm
timely - Answers Reducing waits and sometimes harmful delays for patients and providers -Avoid delays
effective - Answers Providing the appropriate level of services based on scientific knowledge -Base care
on scientific evidence
EBP or research based!!!! ,
efficient - Answers Avoiding waste, including waste of equipment, supplies, ideas, and energy
equitable - Answers Providing care that does not vary in quality because of personal characteristics -
Reduce health care disparities
patient-centered - Answers Providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patients -
patient controls care
Ten Simple Rules to Guide Improvements - Answers Care based on continuous healing relationships
Care customized to patient needs and values
The patient is the source of control
Knowledge is shared, and information flows freely
Decision making is evidence based
Safety is a system priority
Transparency is necessary
Needs are anticipated
Waste is continually decreased
Cooperation among clinicians is a priority
IOM's Recommendations for Redesign - Answers 1. apply evidence to health care delivery
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