Healthcare Quality Questions And Answers
Which of the five important reports identifies areas and opportunities for improvement,
highlights progress that has been made, and aims to answer three questions:
(1) What is the status of healthcare quality and disparities in the United States? (2) How...
Which of the five important reports identifies areas and opportunities for improvement,
highlights progress that has been made, and aims to answer three questions:
(1) What is the status of healthcare quality and disparities in the United States? (2) How have
healthcare quality and disparities changed over time? (3) Where is the need to improve
healthcare quality and reduce disparities greatest? The Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality's (AHRQ) National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Which of the five important reports claims most people will experience at least one diagnostic
error in their lifetime and recommends that healthcare organizations involve patients and families
in the diagnosis process, develop health information technology to support the diagnostic
process, and establish a culture the embraces change? National Academies of Sciences,
Engineering, and Medicine's report on Improving Diagnosis in Health Care (2015)
Which of the following aims is not part of IOM's STEEP framework? Provider centered
Which aim was added to the triple aim to create the quadruple aim? Improving the work
life for clinicians and staff - Joy at Work
, Healthcare Quality Questions And Answers
When evaluating care quality, which type of measure is defined by the focus on whether the
goals of care were achieved? Outcome
When evaluating care quality, which type of measure is defined by the focus on whether the
goals of care were achieved? Outcome
The phrases "quality improvement models" and "quality improvement tools refer to the same
concepts. False
What are the stages of the PDSA cycle? Plan, Do, Study, Act
Setting measurable aims is essential for any quality improvement effort. True
Which two acronyms are used in the Six Sigma improvement framework models?
DMAIC and DMADV
Which framework for excellence uses the following criteria when evaluating applicants:
leadership, strategy, customers, measurement, analysis and knowledge management, workforce,
operations, and results. Baldrige
, Healthcare Quality Questions And Answers
Which quality tool helps one understand why actual performance is lagging behind optimal
performance or benchmarks? All the above
Scatter diagrams and Pareto charts allow users to collect, review, and visualize data to help
identify correlations and patterns to help guide decisions
Process analysis allows a full understanding of an existing or proposed process but is not a vital
step in improvement. False
Which of the following is the heart of quality improvement? All of the above
key aspect of any quality improvement effort is the ability to _____ successes in other areas of
the organization. replicate
What are two important characteristics of an effective spread model? Both a and b
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