HAC Quality Assurance & Standards 5

Question 1

The 'Swiss Cheese Model' of accident causation is most commonly applied in healthcare to explain:

Accepted Answer

How multiple system failures align to cause patient harm

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Financial fraud patterns

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Staffing ratio requirements

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EHR implementation failures

Question 2

Under the CMS Promoting Interoperability (PI) program, eligible hospitals are required to demonstrate meaningful use of:

Accepted Answer

A certified EHR technology (CEHRT)

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A HIPAA-compliant billing system

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A government-approved telehealth platform

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An NQF-endorsed quality measure dashboard

Question 3

A 'never event' in healthcare quality terminology refers to:

Accepted Answer

A serious, largely preventable patient safety event that should never occur

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An adverse event that occurs rarely but cannot be prevented

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An event excluded from quality reporting requirements

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A near-miss that did not reach the patient

Question 4

Which of the following best describes a 'balanced scorecard' approach in healthcare quality management?

Accepted Answer

A framework measuring performance across multiple dimensions including financial, patient, process, and learning

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A statistical method for detecting outliers in quality data

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A tool for calculating composite quality scores

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A benchmarking methodology comparing facilities by size

Question 5

In statistical process control, a process is considered 'out of control' when:

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There are eight or more consecutive points on one side of the centerline

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Any data point falls outside the mean

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The process average changes month over month

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Fewer than 30 data points are available

Question 6

The primary goal of 'stratified analysis' in healthcare quality reporting is to:

Accepted Answer

Reveal disparities in care quality across different patient subgroups

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Increase sample sizes for statistical significance

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Reduce the number of measures reported

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Adjust for seasonal variation in utilization

Question 7

A hospital's quality team uses a 'SIPOC' diagram during a process improvement project. What does the 'S' stand for?

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Suppliers

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Standards

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Stakeholders

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System