CMM CMM Patient Safety & Risk Management

Question 1

Which federal agency is responsible for setting patient safety standards and accrediting healthcare organizations in the United States?

Accepted Answer

The Joint Commission (TJC)

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Question 2

A 'sentinel event' in healthcare is defined as:

Accepted Answer

An unexpected occurrence resulting in death or serious physical harm

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Any unplanned patient readmission within 30 days

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A billing error exceeding $10,000

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A staffing shortage lasting more than 48 hours

Question 3

Root cause analysis (RCA) in patient safety is BEST described as:

Accepted Answer

A retrospective method to identify the systemic causes of an adverse event

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A process to assign blame to the responsible staff member

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A real-time monitoring tool for clinical outcomes

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A financial audit of malpractice settlements

Question 4

Which patient safety initiative requires hospitals to report on a set of standardized measures to CMS for public transparency?

Accepted Answer

Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program

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HIPAA Security Rule

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EMTALA

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Stark Law

Question 5

The 'Swiss Cheese Model' of accident causation in healthcare illustrates that:

Accepted Answer

Errors reach patients only when multiple system defense layers fail simultaneously

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Single errors always cause patient harm

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Staff training alone prevents all adverse events

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Technology systems are infallible safeguards

Question 6

A medical manager implementing a 'Just Culture' policy encourages staff to:

Accepted Answer

Report all errors and near-misses without fear of punitive blame for honest mistakes

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Report only serious errors that cause patient harm

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Keep incident details confidential from leadership

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Self-discipline before reporting to supervisors