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What is the primary goal of concurrent monitoring in healthcare?
Which of the following is NOT a type of quality assessment?
What is the purpose of identifying standards of criteria in healthcare?
What is the role of the quality council in healthcare?
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What is the main objective of high risk assessment in healthcare?
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What is the purpose of reviewing data in healthcare?
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Which data collection tool is used to record observations and events over time?
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What is the purpose of a flowchart?
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Which diagram is used to identify potential causes of a problem by organizing them into categories?
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What is the primary purpose of a Pareto Diagram?
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Which tool is used to visualize data distribution, showing the frequency of observations within specified ranges?
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What type of chart is used to monitor process stability over time?
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Which diagram is used to show the relationship between two variables, one being dependent on the other?
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Which of the following tools would be most appropriate to use when trying to understand the root causes of customer complaints?
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of quality improvement (QI) in healthcare?
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Which of the following is NOT a benefit of quality improvement in healthcare?
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Which quality improvement tool is specifically designed for reducing a long list of options to a shorter list of prioritized choices?
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What is the primary goal of brainstorming as a quality improvement tool?
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What is the key benefit of focusing on 'Timely' care as a quality improvement principle?
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What does the principle of 'Effective' care in quality improvement refer to?
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Which quality improvement principle is directly related to minimizing risks and harm to patients?
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How can 'Staff workload' be considered a factor in quality improvement?
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Study Notes
Quality Improvement in Healthcare
- Quality improvement is a formal approach to analyze performance and improve it systematically.
Characteristics of Quality Healthcare
- Safe: Minimize risks and harm to patients, avoiding preventable injuries and medical errors.
- Timely: Reduce delays in providing and receiving healthcare.
- Effective: Provide services based on scientific knowledge and evidence-based guidelines.
- Efficient: Deliver healthcare in a manner that maximizes resource use and avoids waste.
- Patient-Centered (Family-Centered): Provide care that takes into account patient needs.
- Staff Workload: Minimize staff turnover and burnout (Occupational Safety & Health).
Quality Improvement Tools
- Brainstorming: A group creativity technique to find solutions to specific problems.
- Multivoting: A method to reduce large lists of options to top priorities.
- Data Collection Tools: • Checklists • Check sheets • Surveys • Log books • Medical records
- Flow Chart: A diagram showing step-by-step flow of operations to solve problems.
- Cause and Effect Diagram (Fish Bone Diagram): Examines potential causes of events, organizing them into smaller categories.
- Pareto Diagram: A simple bar chart ranking related measures in decreasing order of occurrence.
- Histogram: A graphical tool to visualize data, with bar heights representing the number of observations.
- Control Charts: A graph to study process changes over time.
- Scatter Diagram: A tool to describe changes in dependent variables in relation to independent variables.
Credentialing and Accreditation
- Credentialing: Certification, licensure, accreditation, and chart recognition.
- Quality Council: A body responsible for quality assurance and improvement.
- Concurrent Monitoring: Ongoing assessment of healthcare services.
- High Volume Case Assessment: Evaluating high-volume cases to identify areas for improvement.
- High-Risk Assessment: Identifying high-risk patients and situations.
- Standard of Quality Care: Establishing and maintaining quality care standards.
- Interdisciplinary Quality Assurance: Collaborative quality improvement efforts.
- Automation of Data Sources: Using technology to improve data collection and analysis.
- Performance of Staff: Evaluating and improving staff performance.
Quality Improvement Process
- Review data to identify areas for improvement.
- Formulate goals and objectives for quality improvement.
- Implement changes and improvements.
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of improvements.
- Take action to correct errors and adverse events.
- Continuously evaluate and improve patient care and work environment.
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This quiz covers the principles of quality management, advancing quality through regulation and accreditation, and breakthrough thinking to improve quality in healthcare.
