HMGT 3310 MIDTERM FINAL PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Who was responsible for improving the health information technology
of the last decade? Answer: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
⩥ A system can be physical, organizational or: Answer: temporal
⩥ The definition of system: Answer: can be technology
artifacts that people interact with
can be software or equipment
can involve people or organizations
⩥ What two items can contribute to human error that affects patient care
outcomes? Answer: Usability of medical devices and Job stress and
burnout
⩥ The _________ error can be contributed to cognitive biases which are
the affective disposition to respond to circumstances or people. Answer:
diagnostic
⩥ Workload is the joining of: Answer: procedural formation
engineering and physical hardware components
, cognitive and human performance of employees
evolving assessment of outcomes
⩥ Proper task design, necessary to understand the effectiveness of
patient care tasks, involves: Answer: description of task from start to
finish
systematic description of all tasks
conceptual design of all personnel and roles
⩥ Who proposed a "team of people embedded in the community who
seek to improve the health and healing of the people in that community?
Answer: National Committee for Quality Assurance and Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
⩥ Who launched the World Alliance for Patient Safety, concerned with
hand hygiene, safety in surgery, educational programs, and research to
improve the implementation of patient safety programs? Answer: World
Health Organization
⩥ A routine decision, sometimes an automatic mechanism that is
susceptible to distractions and breaks in the routine which can cause a
patient care error is known as a: Answer: slip/lapse
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Who was responsible for improving the health information technology
of the last decade? Answer: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
⩥ A system can be physical, organizational or: Answer: temporal
⩥ The definition of system: Answer: can be technology
artifacts that people interact with
can be software or equipment
can involve people or organizations
⩥ What two items can contribute to human error that affects patient care
outcomes? Answer: Usability of medical devices and Job stress and
burnout
⩥ The _________ error can be contributed to cognitive biases which are
the affective disposition to respond to circumstances or people. Answer:
diagnostic
⩥ Workload is the joining of: Answer: procedural formation
engineering and physical hardware components
, cognitive and human performance of employees
evolving assessment of outcomes
⩥ Proper task design, necessary to understand the effectiveness of
patient care tasks, involves: Answer: description of task from start to
finish
systematic description of all tasks
conceptual design of all personnel and roles
⩥ Who proposed a "team of people embedded in the community who
seek to improve the health and healing of the people in that community?
Answer: National Committee for Quality Assurance and Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
⩥ Who launched the World Alliance for Patient Safety, concerned with
hand hygiene, safety in surgery, educational programs, and research to
improve the implementation of patient safety programs? Answer: World
Health Organization
⩥ A routine decision, sometimes an automatic mechanism that is
susceptible to distractions and breaks in the routine which can cause a
patient care error is known as a: Answer: slip/lapse
