HCQM-Patient Safety EXAM 2025/2026 Actual Complete Real
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2015 7 National Patient Safety Goals for hospitals - ANSWER-1.
Improve accuracy of patient identification 2. Improve
effectiveness of communication among caregivers 3. Improve
safety of using medications 4. Reduce the harm associated
with health care associated infections 5. Reduce harm
associated with clinical alarm systems 6. Hospitals should
identify safety risks inherent to its patient population 7. Prevent
mistakes in surgery
A facility's compliance with a National Patient Safety Goal
should be assessed
when? - ANSWER-1. Annually 2. Whenever there is a change
in process 3.
Whenever there is a sentinel event, alert or
other issue
National Patient Safety Goals should be extrapolated to -
ANSWER-All
department
functions
,Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 5 mission areas for best
practices - ANSWER-1. Patient safety 2. Quality, Cost & Value 3.
Person/Family centered care, 4. Improvement Capability 5.
Triple Aim for Populations
Triple Aim - ANSWER-The Institute for Healthcare
Improvement's processes to address the health, experience
and per capita cost of a population and the potential system
redesigns - aimed at helping organizations and communities
transition from a focus on healthcare to optimizing health for
individuals and populations.
Common Formats - ANSWER-Developed by the Agency
for Healthcare
Research and Quality for reporting events to patient safety
organizations in a
standardized manner so that data can be analyzed and
measured reliably.
Organizations that may not become patient safety
organizations - ANSWER-
Health insurers, accrediting and licensing bodies,
organizations that maintain
systems for mandatory
reporting
, Number of patient safety organizations - ANSWER-76
Accountability Measures - ANSWER-those measures defined by
the Joint Commission as meeting four criteria designed to
identify measures that produce the greatest positive impact on
patient outcomes when hospitals demonstrate improvement
Joint Commissions Accountability Measure criteria -
ANSWER-1. Research 2.
Proximity 3. Accuracy 4.
Adverse Effects
Number of accountability measures - ANSWER-46
Accountability measures have improved this much since
2002 - ANSWER-
15.8%
1999 To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System -
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
Exam Questions & Correct Answers (Verified Answers) |
Already Graded A+ |2025 Brand New Exam Version!!
2015 7 National Patient Safety Goals for hospitals - ANSWER-1.
Improve accuracy of patient identification 2. Improve
effectiveness of communication among caregivers 3. Improve
safety of using medications 4. Reduce the harm associated
with health care associated infections 5. Reduce harm
associated with clinical alarm systems 6. Hospitals should
identify safety risks inherent to its patient population 7. Prevent
mistakes in surgery
A facility's compliance with a National Patient Safety Goal
should be assessed
when? - ANSWER-1. Annually 2. Whenever there is a change
in process 3.
Whenever there is a sentinel event, alert or
other issue
National Patient Safety Goals should be extrapolated to -
ANSWER-All
department
functions
,Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 5 mission areas for best
practices - ANSWER-1. Patient safety 2. Quality, Cost & Value 3.
Person/Family centered care, 4. Improvement Capability 5.
Triple Aim for Populations
Triple Aim - ANSWER-The Institute for Healthcare
Improvement's processes to address the health, experience
and per capita cost of a population and the potential system
redesigns - aimed at helping organizations and communities
transition from a focus on healthcare to optimizing health for
individuals and populations.
Common Formats - ANSWER-Developed by the Agency
for Healthcare
Research and Quality for reporting events to patient safety
organizations in a
standardized manner so that data can be analyzed and
measured reliably.
Organizations that may not become patient safety
organizations - ANSWER-
Health insurers, accrediting and licensing bodies,
organizations that maintain
systems for mandatory
reporting
, Number of patient safety organizations - ANSWER-76
Accountability Measures - ANSWER-those measures defined by
the Joint Commission as meeting four criteria designed to
identify measures that produce the greatest positive impact on
patient outcomes when hospitals demonstrate improvement
Joint Commissions Accountability Measure criteria -
ANSWER-1. Research 2.
Proximity 3. Accuracy 4.
Adverse Effects
Number of accountability measures - ANSWER-46
Accountability measures have improved this much since
2002 - ANSWER-
15.8%
1999 To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System -
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
