CPMSM STANDARD EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Morbidity - ✔✔The incidence of disease, or how frequently a condition or illness
occurs in a given population
✔✔Patient experience - ✔✔The full range of patients'
interactions with the health care system, from scheduling appointments to interactions
with their providers to the course of treatment, including whether these interactions
meet patient needs and health goals.
✔✔Patient-centered care - ✔✔Health care that recognizes and
incorporates the distinct wishes and needs of individual
patients, with an emphasis on patient values and
preferences.
✔✔Quality measure - ✔✔A tool that is used to measure
performance against a recognized standard of care
✔✔Standard of Care - ✔✔Care that is delivered in accordance
with clinical practice guidelines or other evidence-based care protocols.
✔✔HCAHPS - ✔✔The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and
Systems (HCAHPS) is a formal public reporting initiative that measures patients'
perspectives on hospital care
✔✔Complaints - ✔✔All organizations (TJC, NCQA, HFAP, URAC, AAAHC, and
Medicare) must establish a process for addressing and handling complaints. Most agree
that complaints should be continually monitored for all sites and providers. A
mechanism for investigating the credibility of the complaint, implementing appropriate
actions and continually monitoring those actions until the deficiency is resolved should
in in place and formally published in a guideline that can be reviewed by others.
Patients should easily be able to retrieve information on how and with who they can file
a complaint.
, ✔✔According to TJC peer reference should include 6 items - ✔✔1. Medical knowledge
2. Technical skill
3. Clinical judgement
4. Professionalism
5. Communication sill
6. Interpersonal skills
✔✔Respondeat Superior - ✔✔Let the master speak/answer
✔✔Quorum - ✔✔Minimum number of members who must be present in a meeting in
order to be able to conduct business
✔✔American College of Surgeons - ✔✔Were the first group to conduct hospital surveys
✔✔AMA - ✔✔American Medical Association: publishes JAMA which is the largest
circulation of weekly medical journal. This association publishes a list of physician
specialty codes which are the standard method in the US for identifying physician and
practice specialties
✔✔ABMS - ✔✔American Board of Medical Specialties: organization of approved
medical boards which represent broad areas of specialty medicine. Considered PSV for
Board Certificates.
✔✔ACGME - ✔✔Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education: body
responsible for accrediting the majority of graduate medical training programs such as
internships, residencies, and fellowships. Unified the accreditation system for all MD's
and DO's
✔✔FSMB - ✔✔Federation of State Medical Boards: Organization that represents the 70
state medical and osteopathic board of the United States. Primarily the FSMB license
physicians, investigates complaints, and disciplines those who violate the law, conduct
physician evaluations and facilitate rehab of physicians where appropriate.
✔✔HIPAA - ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
✔✔CDSS - ✔✔Clinical Decision support system is a health information technology
system that is designed to provide physicians and other health professionals with
clinical decision support, that is, assistance with clinical decision making tasks.
✔✔Tort - ✔✔a wrongful act or an infringement of a right leading to civil liability
✔✔The only organization that's standards require verification of applicant Identity -
✔✔The Joint Commission
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Morbidity - ✔✔The incidence of disease, or how frequently a condition or illness
occurs in a given population
✔✔Patient experience - ✔✔The full range of patients'
interactions with the health care system, from scheduling appointments to interactions
with their providers to the course of treatment, including whether these interactions
meet patient needs and health goals.
✔✔Patient-centered care - ✔✔Health care that recognizes and
incorporates the distinct wishes and needs of individual
patients, with an emphasis on patient values and
preferences.
✔✔Quality measure - ✔✔A tool that is used to measure
performance against a recognized standard of care
✔✔Standard of Care - ✔✔Care that is delivered in accordance
with clinical practice guidelines or other evidence-based care protocols.
✔✔HCAHPS - ✔✔The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and
Systems (HCAHPS) is a formal public reporting initiative that measures patients'
perspectives on hospital care
✔✔Complaints - ✔✔All organizations (TJC, NCQA, HFAP, URAC, AAAHC, and
Medicare) must establish a process for addressing and handling complaints. Most agree
that complaints should be continually monitored for all sites and providers. A
mechanism for investigating the credibility of the complaint, implementing appropriate
actions and continually monitoring those actions until the deficiency is resolved should
in in place and formally published in a guideline that can be reviewed by others.
Patients should easily be able to retrieve information on how and with who they can file
a complaint.
, ✔✔According to TJC peer reference should include 6 items - ✔✔1. Medical knowledge
2. Technical skill
3. Clinical judgement
4. Professionalism
5. Communication sill
6. Interpersonal skills
✔✔Respondeat Superior - ✔✔Let the master speak/answer
✔✔Quorum - ✔✔Minimum number of members who must be present in a meeting in
order to be able to conduct business
✔✔American College of Surgeons - ✔✔Were the first group to conduct hospital surveys
✔✔AMA - ✔✔American Medical Association: publishes JAMA which is the largest
circulation of weekly medical journal. This association publishes a list of physician
specialty codes which are the standard method in the US for identifying physician and
practice specialties
✔✔ABMS - ✔✔American Board of Medical Specialties: organization of approved
medical boards which represent broad areas of specialty medicine. Considered PSV for
Board Certificates.
✔✔ACGME - ✔✔Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education: body
responsible for accrediting the majority of graduate medical training programs such as
internships, residencies, and fellowships. Unified the accreditation system for all MD's
and DO's
✔✔FSMB - ✔✔Federation of State Medical Boards: Organization that represents the 70
state medical and osteopathic board of the United States. Primarily the FSMB license
physicians, investigates complaints, and disciplines those who violate the law, conduct
physician evaluations and facilitate rehab of physicians where appropriate.
✔✔HIPAA - ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
✔✔CDSS - ✔✔Clinical Decision support system is a health information technology
system that is designed to provide physicians and other health professionals with
clinical decision support, that is, assistance with clinical decision making tasks.
✔✔Tort - ✔✔a wrongful act or an infringement of a right leading to civil liability
✔✔The only organization that's standards require verification of applicant Identity -
✔✔The Joint Commission
