Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP)
Exam Questions And Correct Answers
Joint Commission core value
Quality of care and safety of patients
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005
to report events, near misses, unsafe conditions and to decrease medical errors.
defined requirements for reporting events that threaten patient safety
Patient Safety
the avoidance and prevention of patient injuries or adverse events resulting from
the processes of health care delivery.
Patient safety event
event, incident, or condition that could have resulted or did result in harm to a
patient
adverse event
,A patient safety event that resulted in harm to a patient
sentinel event
a patient safety event not primarily related to the patients illness or underlying
condition that leads to death, permanent harm or severe temporary harm.
Reactive risk reduction
Attempts to prevent recurrence of problems that have already caused patient
harm.
Proactive risk reduction
Solves problems before patients are harmed
Sentinel event alert
A notification that defines processes and identifies measures that can be used to
prevent errors and improve outcomes
Process Decision Program Charts (PDPC)
Finds errors in plans while it is being created.
,American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
inspects and accreditate critical access hospitals
Accreditation Canada
Canadian non profit organization that provides health organizations with peer
reviews
CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities)
Focuses on rehabilitation, employment, child and family and aging services.
CAP (College of American Pathologists)
offers laboratory inspection and proficiency testing
NAM (National Academy of Medicine)
Provides guidelines for respirator use in healthcare. Formerly called Institute of
Medicine
, AHCA / NCAL
American Health Care Association
National centers for assisted living
American Hospital Association (AHA)
advocacy group for health care organizations, particularly hospitals
American Society of Healthcare Risk Management
ASHRM
Association for the health care environment
AHE
NCQA
National Committee for Quality Assurance; an accreditation body that has become
the primary group that accredits health plans.
Association of occupational health professionals in healthcare (AOHP)
Exam Questions And Correct Answers
Joint Commission core value
Quality of care and safety of patients
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005
to report events, near misses, unsafe conditions and to decrease medical errors.
defined requirements for reporting events that threaten patient safety
Patient Safety
the avoidance and prevention of patient injuries or adverse events resulting from
the processes of health care delivery.
Patient safety event
event, incident, or condition that could have resulted or did result in harm to a
patient
adverse event
,A patient safety event that resulted in harm to a patient
sentinel event
a patient safety event not primarily related to the patients illness or underlying
condition that leads to death, permanent harm or severe temporary harm.
Reactive risk reduction
Attempts to prevent recurrence of problems that have already caused patient
harm.
Proactive risk reduction
Solves problems before patients are harmed
Sentinel event alert
A notification that defines processes and identifies measures that can be used to
prevent errors and improve outcomes
Process Decision Program Charts (PDPC)
Finds errors in plans while it is being created.
,American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
inspects and accreditate critical access hospitals
Accreditation Canada
Canadian non profit organization that provides health organizations with peer
reviews
CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities)
Focuses on rehabilitation, employment, child and family and aging services.
CAP (College of American Pathologists)
offers laboratory inspection and proficiency testing
NAM (National Academy of Medicine)
Provides guidelines for respirator use in healthcare. Formerly called Institute of
Medicine
, AHCA / NCAL
American Health Care Association
National centers for assisted living
American Hospital Association (AHA)
advocacy group for health care organizations, particularly hospitals
American Society of Healthcare Risk Management
ASHRM
Association for the health care environment
AHE
NCQA
National Committee for Quality Assurance; an accreditation body that has become
the primary group that accredits health plans.
Association of occupational health professionals in healthcare (AOHP)
