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Answer the following Question :

QUESTION 1: Which group has little impact on quality in healthcare?

Payers and purchasers

Individual patients

Regulators

Professional organizations

QUESTION 2: In recent years, what factor has made the focus on quality improvement efforts in ambulatory care easier?

Laws requiring a focus on ambulatory care settings

Uptake of electronic health records (EHR) in the ambulatory care setting

Openness to quality from staff

Value-based purchasing arrangements

QUESTION 3: Why have health systems been slow to adopt electronic health records (EHR) despite their value in improving healthcare quality?

Professional disagreement on their value

Skepticism on the impact on quality

Cost and complexity

Lack of technical expertise

QUESTION 4 : Why have nursing homes been a significant focus of quality improvement efforts?

The frailty and vulnerability of the population

Historic improvement in outcomes from prior efforts

Uptake of electronic health records (EHR) in the nursing home setting

Easy of access by quality improvement agencies

QUESTION 5 : Quality measures have four primary uses. Identify the one that falls outside one of these uses.

Internal quality monitoring and improvement

Organizational marketing plans

Basis for incentive payments to improve care

Public reporting and accreditation

QUESTION 6 : FMEA is a tool that has been applied in healthcare settings. What does it stand for?

Failed modality end analysis

Failure mode and effects analysis

Failed medical ending analysis

Failure modules and error analysis

QUESTION 7 : Which of the following has not been identified by researchers as a barrier to reporting errors?

Lack of familiarity with reporting process

Uncertainty of what should be reported

Avoidance of the administrative hassle

Fear of punitive action

QUESTION 8 : When is punitive action not necessarily appropriate?

When a person knowingly takes an action that could cause harm

When the result of the behavior leads to patient death

When the behavior is considered criminal or negligent

When a person knowingly violates an established procedure

QUESTION 9 : What field of medicine has a low reporting rate of errors despite being a large portion of medical care delivered?

Hospitals

Pharmacies

Primary care

Cardiologists

QUESTION 10 : What is an execution error?

Putting the patient at risk through a lack of planning

The execution of a plan is carried out

When a treatment plan is prepared incorrectly

When a plan is correct but not carried out as intended