Quality Assurance and Improvement Flashcards
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A GP notices that their practice has a higher-than-expected rate of hospital admissions for asthma compared to regional benchmarks. The MOST appropriate initial response is:
Answer: Conduct a case note audit of admitted asthma patients to identify modifiable factors
A case note audit of admitted patients is the appropriate first step to understand the contributing factors before designing an intervention.
Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of the 'Act' phase in a PDSA cycle?
Answer: Deciding to adopt, adapt, or abandon the tested change based on learning
The Act phase uses the learning from the Study phase to make a decision about scaling up, modifying, or discarding the change.
Patient experience data is MOST useful in quality improvement when it is:
Answer: Linked to specific processes of care and used to drive targeted improvements
Patient experience data generates actionable improvement when it is linked to specific care processes and reviewed regularly to inform targeted changes.
In quality improvement terminology, a 'near miss' is BEST defined as:
Answer: An error that was caught before it reached the patient
A near miss is an error or safety threat that was identified and intercepted before it reached the patient and caused harm.
Which of the following is a key principle of the 'triple aim' framework in healthcare quality?
Answer: Improving patient experience, improving population health, and reducing per-capita cost
The IHI Triple Aim framework targets simultaneously improving individual patient experience, improving population health outcomes, and reducing per-capita healthcare costs.
When using the '5 Whys' technique in root cause analysis, the goal is to:
Answer: Iteratively ask 'why' to drill down to the underlying systemic root cause
The 5 Whys technique uses repeated questioning to move past surface-level causes and identify the deeper systemic root cause of a problem.
A GP practice benchmarks its diabetes management outcomes against the National Diabetes Services Scheme data. This activity is an example of:
Answer: External benchmarking for quality improvement
Comparing practice-level outcomes against national datasets constitutes external benchmarking, a key strategy for identifying gaps and driving improvement.