Quality Assurance and Improvement Flashcards
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A rural health service wants to reduce 28-day readmission rates. Using quality improvement principles, the FIRST step should be:
Answer: Analyse current data to understand the causes of readmission
Effective QI begins with data analysis to understand root causes before implementing solutions.
In the context of FACRRM and rural practice, credentialing and scope of practice review primarily serves to:
Answer: Ensure practitioners have verified competencies for procedures they perform
Credentialing verifies that practitioners possess current competencies for the procedures within their claimed scope of practice.
A clinical indicator shows that your practice's childhood immunisation rate is 82%, below the national target of 95%. Using a QI approach, the MOST appropriate next step is:
Answer: Investigate barriers specific to your patient population and design targeted interventions
QI requires identifying the specific local barriers before designing context-appropriate interventions.
Which of the following is an example of a 'latent error' in patient safety terminology?
Answer: A poorly designed medication chart that makes dose calculation confusing
Latent errors are system or design failures that lie dormant until activated by active errors — a confusing medication chart is a latent condition.
When a rural practice conducts a significant event analysis (SEA), involving the affected patient or family BEST reflects which principle?
Answer: Patient-centred care and open disclosure
Involving patients and families in SEA reflects open disclosure principles and patient-centred quality improvement.
The National Quality and Safety Framework for Australian health services emphasises that quality improvement is PRIMARILY:
Answer: A whole-of-organisation continuous process involving all staff
The framework positions QI as an ongoing, organisation-wide process requiring engagement from all staff, not just management.
A rural doctor is reviewing prescribing patterns using de-identified peer comparison data from NPS MedicineWise. This activity is BEST categorised as:
Answer: Continuing professional development through practice-based quality improvement
Reviewing prescribing data against peer benchmarks is a recognised CPD and QI activity that supports reflective prescribing practice.