HCC Risk Management & Mitigation 2

Question 1

A healthcare consultant discovers that a client hospital has no formal process for reporting near-miss events. What is the primary risk of this gap?

Accepted Answer

Lost opportunities to identify and correct hazards before patient harm occurs

Answer

Near-miss reporting allows organizations to detect and fix system weaknesses before they cause actual patient harm.

Question 2

Which risk response strategy is a hospital using when it purchases malpractice insurance?

Accepted Answer

Risk transfer

Answer

Insurance shifts the financial consequences of a risk to a third party, which is the definition of risk transfer.

Question 3

A consultant is prioritizing risks for a client using a risk matrix. Which two factors are plotted on a standard risk matrix?

Accepted Answer

Likelihood and impact

Answer

A risk matrix ranks risks by how likely they are to occur and how severe the consequences would be.

Question 4

During a root cause analysis after a medication error, the team keeps asking 'why' until they reach the underlying system failure. What technique is being used?

Accepted Answer

The Five Whys

Answer

The Five Whys technique repeatedly asks why an event occurred to drill down to the root cause.

Question 5

Which proactive tool should a consultant recommend to evaluate a new infusion pump workflow BEFORE it is implemented?

Accepted Answer

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Answer

FMEA prospectively identifies potential failure points in a process before harm occurs, unlike retrospective tools.

(HCC) Healthcare Consultant Certification Practice Test

(HCC) Healthcare Consultant Certification Practice Test

HCC Risk Management & Mitigation 2