HCQM HEALTHCARE QUALITY
MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS; 100% PASS
GUARANTEED; GRADED A+
1982 20/20's The Deep Sleep: 6000 will Die or Suffer Brain
Damage - correct answer- Inspired Pierce's
Rovenstine Lecture about patient safety
1988 Institute for Healthcare Improvement was founded
by - correct answer- Don Berwick, Paul
Batalden, and Gene Nelson. The institute focuses on all
aspects of quality, but their discovery of a modern
approach to quality helped transform the patient safety
movement.
1994's Error in Medicine published in the Journal of the
American Medical Association - correct answer-
Written by Lucian Leape it presented statistical evidence
of the occurrence of harm caused by medical errors along
with lessons from other high risk industries such as
aviation.
,1996's Rovenstine Lecture (40 Years behind the Mask:
Safety Revisited) - correct answer- Ellison
Pierce described the beginning of anesthesiology's patient
safety movement
1997's National Patient Safety Foundation - correct
answer- Established by the American Medical
Association at the Annenberg Conference to be a catalyst
for action and a vehicle to support change and track
improvements in patient safety.
1998 National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine
(IOM) - correct answer- Charged the
Committee on Quality of Care in America with developing
a strategy that will result in a threshold improvement in
quality over the next ten years.
1999 To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System -
correct answer- First report issued by the IOM's
Committee on Quality of Care in America is considered to
have launched the current patient safety movement
, 2005's Institute for Safe Medication Practices' 7 themes
that contribute to high reliability - correct answer-
1. Sincere commitment to safety as a strategic priority in
practical, tangible actions and goals 2. Visible effective
leadership from middle managers to frontline workers 3.
Cross departmental sharing of information, data,
discussion, and stories that provide knowledge, trust, and
inspiration 4. Reporting systems that allow all workers to
share and learn from close calls and adverse events
without fear or retribution 5. Teams of individuals who
support each other with technical expertise and a shared
commitment to clear communication and respect 6.
Systems designed with human factors in mind making it
easier to do the right thing than the wrong thing 7.
Transparency of information shared within the
organization and the community including public officials,
citizens, patients and families.
2005's Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act's
provisions for confidentiality protections and
enforcement are handled by - correct answer-
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of
Civil Rights
MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS; 100% PASS
GUARANTEED; GRADED A+
1982 20/20's The Deep Sleep: 6000 will Die or Suffer Brain
Damage - correct answer- Inspired Pierce's
Rovenstine Lecture about patient safety
1988 Institute for Healthcare Improvement was founded
by - correct answer- Don Berwick, Paul
Batalden, and Gene Nelson. The institute focuses on all
aspects of quality, but their discovery of a modern
approach to quality helped transform the patient safety
movement.
1994's Error in Medicine published in the Journal of the
American Medical Association - correct answer-
Written by Lucian Leape it presented statistical evidence
of the occurrence of harm caused by medical errors along
with lessons from other high risk industries such as
aviation.
,1996's Rovenstine Lecture (40 Years behind the Mask:
Safety Revisited) - correct answer- Ellison
Pierce described the beginning of anesthesiology's patient
safety movement
1997's National Patient Safety Foundation - correct
answer- Established by the American Medical
Association at the Annenberg Conference to be a catalyst
for action and a vehicle to support change and track
improvements in patient safety.
1998 National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine
(IOM) - correct answer- Charged the
Committee on Quality of Care in America with developing
a strategy that will result in a threshold improvement in
quality over the next ten years.
1999 To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System -
correct answer- First report issued by the IOM's
Committee on Quality of Care in America is considered to
have launched the current patient safety movement
, 2005's Institute for Safe Medication Practices' 7 themes
that contribute to high reliability - correct answer-
1. Sincere commitment to safety as a strategic priority in
practical, tangible actions and goals 2. Visible effective
leadership from middle managers to frontline workers 3.
Cross departmental sharing of information, data,
discussion, and stories that provide knowledge, trust, and
inspiration 4. Reporting systems that allow all workers to
share and learn from close calls and adverse events
without fear or retribution 5. Teams of individuals who
support each other with technical expertise and a shared
commitment to clear communication and respect 6.
Systems designed with human factors in mind making it
easier to do the right thing than the wrong thing 7.
Transparency of information shared within the
organization and the community including public officials,
citizens, patients and families.
2005's Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act's
provisions for confidentiality protections and
enforcement are handled by - correct answer-
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of
Civil Rights
