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IHI PS 101 EXAM 2025 | ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Approximately what percentage of US adults have experienced a medical error in
their own or a family member's care at some point in their life?
(A) 1 percent
(B) 5 percent
(C) 33 percent
(D) 66 percent - correct-answer-c 33%
"Patient safety" means:
(A) Eliminating medical error and preventable harm in health care
(B) Eliminating waste in health care services
(C) Eliminating health inequities in populations
(D) All of the above - correct-answer-eliminating medical error and preventable
harm in health care
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James is a first-year surgery resident on his first pediatric rotation. His attending
(consultant) asks him to immediately start intravenous (IV) replacement fluids on
a two-year-old boy who is experiencing vomiting and diarrhea. James has recently
learned the guidelines for calculating fluid replacement rates for very small
children; however, he confuses them and picks a rate that is too high.
Which of the following reasons that errors often occur in health care most clearly
played a role in this scenario?
(A) Diagnosing and treating patients is incredibly complex and often performed
under time pressure and/or with insufficient information.
(B) The "culture of safety" (meaning the attitudes, perceptions, and values that
employees share in relation to safety) may be weak in health care compared to
other high-risk industries.
(C) Providers may not be prepared to work as a well-integrated team, so multiple
caregive - correct-answer-Diagnosing and treating patients in incredibly complex
and often performed under time pressure and/or with insufficient information.
Since the IOM published To Err Is Human in 1999, the health care industry has
seen which of the following improvements?
(A) A drastic reduction in preventable medical errors
(B) Stronger repercussions for providers who commit medical errors
(C) Wider recognition that medical errors are most often attributable to individual
performance
(D) None of the above - correct-answer-none of the above
IHI PS 101 EXAM 2025 | ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Approximately what percentage of US adults have experienced a medical error in
their own or a family member's care at some point in their life?
(A) 1 percent
(B) 5 percent
(C) 33 percent
(D) 66 percent - correct-answer-c 33%
"Patient safety" means:
(A) Eliminating medical error and preventable harm in health care
(B) Eliminating waste in health care services
(C) Eliminating health inequities in populations
(D) All of the above - correct-answer-eliminating medical error and preventable
harm in health care
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James is a first-year surgery resident on his first pediatric rotation. His attending
(consultant) asks him to immediately start intravenous (IV) replacement fluids on
a two-year-old boy who is experiencing vomiting and diarrhea. James has recently
learned the guidelines for calculating fluid replacement rates for very small
children; however, he confuses them and picks a rate that is too high.
Which of the following reasons that errors often occur in health care most clearly
played a role in this scenario?
(A) Diagnosing and treating patients is incredibly complex and often performed
under time pressure and/or with insufficient information.
(B) The "culture of safety" (meaning the attitudes, perceptions, and values that
employees share in relation to safety) may be weak in health care compared to
other high-risk industries.
(C) Providers may not be prepared to work as a well-integrated team, so multiple
caregive - correct-answer-Diagnosing and treating patients in incredibly complex
and often performed under time pressure and/or with insufficient information.
Since the IOM published To Err Is Human in 1999, the health care industry has
seen which of the following improvements?
(A) A drastic reduction in preventable medical errors
(B) Stronger repercussions for providers who commit medical errors
(C) Wider recognition that medical errors are most often attributable to individual
performance
(D) None of the above - correct-answer-none of the above
