Quality Control & Assurance Flashcards
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A nurse practitioner reviews the practice's patient satisfaction scores. Which validated tool is most commonly used to measure outpatient experience of care?
Answer: CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey
The CAHPS Clinician & Group (CG-CAHPS) Survey is the standardized tool used to measure patients' experiences with ambulatory care providers.
When implementing a clinical practice guideline, which strategy best improves adherence among clinicians?
Answer: Embedding decision support alerts in the EHR workflow
EHR-integrated clinical decision support tools that appear at the point of care have the strongest evidence for improving guideline adherence.
A Pareto chart in a QI project on medication errors shows that 4 error types account for 80% of all incidents. This reflects:
Answer: The 80/20 rule (Pareto principle)
The Pareto principle holds that roughly 80% of effects come from 20% of causes, helping teams prioritize the most impactful improvement targets.
Which type of measure assesses what actually happens to the patient as a result of care, such as mortality rate or functional status?
Answer: Outcome measure
Outcome measures capture the end results of care delivered to patients, including mortality, morbidity, and patient-reported outcomes.
A QI team wants to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs). The evidence-based bundle they should implement is maintained by which organization?
Answer: Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
IHI developed and champions the Central Line Bundle as part of its evidence-based care bundle methodology to reduce CLABSIs.
A nurse practitioner is asked to participate in peer review of a colleague's clinical decisions. The PRIMARY purpose of peer review is to:
Answer: Improve quality of care through collegial evaluation
Peer review is a quality mechanism where clinicians evaluate each other's practice to identify opportunities for improvement and uphold standards.
Which statistical concept describes the degree to which a measurement consistently produces the same results under the same conditions?
Answer: Reliability
Reliability refers to the consistency and reproducibility of a measurement instrument or process across repeated assessments.