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1. Which state was the first to pass legislation that required nurses to
be registered?
...... ANSWER ....... North Carolina
2. What organization developed a set of National Patient Safety Goals
(NPSG's) that all institutions participating in accreditation must
promote and train their staffs providing care to adhere to?
...... ANSWER ....... Joint Commission
3. Organizations that pay close attention to weak signals of trouble to
catch problems or errors in the earliest stage are applying the
principles of?
...... ANSWER ....... HRO
4. What quality improvement methodology uses statistics for
measuring variation in a process with the intent of producing error-
free results?
...... ANSWER ....... Six Sigma
5. What act stimulated investment in the information systems
infrastructure of professional practices, clinics, and hospital? ......
ANSWER ....... HITECH
6. The regular and frequent assessment of healthcare processes and
their outcomes and related costs is considered?
...... ANSWER ....... continuous monitoring
,6.What act established a quality reporting program for skilled nursing
care in the US?
...... ANSWER ....... IMPACT
8. Who was instrumental in bringing attention to the formal training
needs of nurses?
...... ANSWER ....... Dr. Samuel Gross
9. Performance improvement data collection results that fall outside
the established _____________ often trigger further study or more
focused data collection on a performance measure?
...... ANSWER ....... benchmark
10. What is a system in which purchasers hold providers of
healthcare accountable for both the costs of healthcare and its
quality?
...... ANSWER ....... value-based purchasing
11. Quality and performance monitoring are ________________
processes?
...... ANSWER ....... data-driven
12. What is the standard of performance or best practice for a
particular process or outcome?
...... ANSWER ....... benchmark
13. The Joint Commission requires healthcare organizations to
appoint a ____________ group to oversee organization-wide PI
activities?
...... ANSWER ....... Leadership
14. Root-cause analysis is the key technique used in which quality
improvement methodology?
...... ANSWER ....... Lean
,NEW 2026/2027 ABQAURP (HCQM) CERTIFICATION
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15. What tool provides an indication of an organizations
performance in relation to a specified process or outcome? ......
ANSWER ....... Performance measure
16. What hospital became the model for the development of
hospitals in the 1700-1800's?
...... ANSWER ....... Pennsylvania Hospital
What term was used in the textbook to identify a variety of
methods PI teams can use to accomplish their goals?
...... ANSWER ....... QI toolbox techniques
When can a team redesign a process or product?
...... ANSWER ....... When there is room for improvement
Monitoring performance based on internal and external _________ is
the foundation of all PI activities? ...... ANSWER ....... data
Which of the following is NOT a type of managed care?
...... ANSWER ....... TQM
What are the steps in which focused data is collected and analyzed,
changes are incorporated, new processes are implemented, and staff
are educated on new processes? ...... ANSWER ....... Process
redesign
Where was the practice of reporting patient outcomes to the Hospital
Board of Trustees began? ...... ANSWER ....... Massachusetts
General
, Who volunteered to perform the first review of medical college
curriculum and education processes leading to more rigorous
academic standards for medical schools? ...... ANSWER .......
Henry Pritchett
When was the American Medical Association established? ......
ANSWER ....... 1840
What tool is used to ensure that every team member knows what
items will be discussed during a meeting? ...... ANSWER .......
agenda
What is unstructured brainstorming? ...... ANSWER ....... When a
team lead writes team member ideas on a board during a meeting.
Who oversees all PI activities within a healthcare organization? ......
ANSWER ....... Performance Improvement council
The percentage of unplanned returns to the operating room would be
collected to measure procedure performance and patient monitoring.
This would be an example of? ...... ANSWER ....... outcome
measure
The final results of care, treatment, and services concerning a patient
are included in what area of performance measurement? ......
ANSWER ....... outcomes
A PI team role responsible for maintaining the records of a teams
work during meetings and records documentation is?
...... ANSWER ....... team recorder or scribe