CPHRM Risk Identification 2

Question 1

Which tool is MOST effective for identifying risks associated with a specific clinical procedure?

Accepted Answer

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Answer

FMEA proactively identifies potential failure points in a clinical procedure before harm occurs.

Question 2

A risk manager notices a pattern of patient falls in a specific unit during night shifts. This analysis technique is called:

Accepted Answer

Trend analysis

Answer

Trend analysis identifies patterns in data over time to detect emerging risks before they escalate.

Question 3

Which of the following represents a LATENT risk in a healthcare organization?

Accepted Answer

Understaffing due to poor scheduling policies

Answer

Latent risks are systemic or organizational factors (like poor policies) that predispose the system to active errors.

Question 4

Environmental rounds conducted by risk management primarily help to identify which type of risk?

Accepted Answer

Physical hazard risks

Answer

Environmental rounds involve walking through facilities to identify physical hazards such as slip/trip hazards, unsafe equipment, or fire risks.

Question 5

A hospital uses ICD-10 coding data to identify high-risk diagnoses with elevated complication rates. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Administrative data mining

Answer

Administrative data mining uses coded billing and clinical records to retrospectively identify patterns suggesting risk.

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