MODULE 5 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE
Question 1.
How do you establish Safety Goals?
ANSWER
• Establish patient safety as a visible commitment to the philosophy of putting patients first
• Move from blaming people to improving processes
• Improve the use of technology to prevent and detect error
• Use data to identify and measure improvements
Question 2.
What are examples of National Patient Safety Goals (NPS-
Gs) developed by TJC for the nearly 15,000 national healthcare organizations and programs?
ANSWER
• Disease-specific care
• Ambulatory care
• Assisted living
• Behavioral healthcare
• Critical access hospitals
• Home care
• Hospitals
• Laboratories
• Long-term care
• Network programs
• Office-based surgery
Question 3.
How are The National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) used?
ANSWER
They are a critical method by which The Joint Commission (TJC) promotes and enforces major
changes in patient safety. The criteria used for determining the value of these goals or
required revisions to them are based on the merit of their impact, cost and effectiveness.
,Question 4.
What is the National Quality Forum (NQF)?
ANSWER
Voluntary consensus standards-setting organization
• Established in 1999 by coalition of public and private sector leaders to promote and ensure
patient protections and healthcare quality through measurement and public reporting
• NQF portfolio of measures is constantly evolving to measure organizational performance
• Established 34 safety practices that reduce harm if implemented
Question 5.
Why was The National Quality Forum (NQF) created?
ANSWER
The NQF was created after the President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and
Quality jn the Healthcare Industry concluded that an organization like NQF was needed to
promote and ensure patient protections and healthcare quality through measurement and
public reporting. NQF sets voluntary consensus standards to measure healthcare organization
performance.
Question 6.
Why did the NQF develop a Quality Positioning System?
ANSWER
The NQF developed a quality positioning system to assist organizations in selecting and
exploring ways to use NQF-endorsed measures to achieve measurement goals. The measures
have undergone rigorous review and have gained the consensus of many stakeholders. The
safe practices, if implemented, reduce harm in a number of areas. The practices comprise
elements related to leadership, care needs, information transfer and communication,
medication management, healthcare associated infections, and specific care processes.
, Question 7.
What is the Leapfrog Group?
ANSWER
Voluntary initiative to mobilize employer purchasing power to guide healthcare industry
• Adopts giant leaps in healthcare safety
• Uses NQF safety standards and identified 4 leaps for hospitals:
1. Computerized physician order entry
2. Evidence-based hospital referral
3. Intensive care unit physician staffing
4. Safe practices score
Question 8.
What are the 4 leaps for hospitals in the Leapfrog Group?
ANSWER
1. Computerized physician order entry
2. Evidence-based hospital referral
3. Intensive care unit physician staffing
4. Safe practices score
Question 9.
What is the benefit of implementing the Leapfrog steps?
ANSWER
If hospitals implement the first three leaps, 57 ,000 lives can be saved, up to $12 billion in costs
can be saved each year, and 3 million medication errors can be prevented. The Leapfrog
Group's safe practices were used in the development of the 34 NQF endorsed safety practices.
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of
patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries,
accidents, and infections.
LATEST UPDATE
Question 1.
How do you establish Safety Goals?
ANSWER
• Establish patient safety as a visible commitment to the philosophy of putting patients first
• Move from blaming people to improving processes
• Improve the use of technology to prevent and detect error
• Use data to identify and measure improvements
Question 2.
What are examples of National Patient Safety Goals (NPS-
Gs) developed by TJC for the nearly 15,000 national healthcare organizations and programs?
ANSWER
• Disease-specific care
• Ambulatory care
• Assisted living
• Behavioral healthcare
• Critical access hospitals
• Home care
• Hospitals
• Laboratories
• Long-term care
• Network programs
• Office-based surgery
Question 3.
How are The National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) used?
ANSWER
They are a critical method by which The Joint Commission (TJC) promotes and enforces major
changes in patient safety. The criteria used for determining the value of these goals or
required revisions to them are based on the merit of their impact, cost and effectiveness.
,Question 4.
What is the National Quality Forum (NQF)?
ANSWER
Voluntary consensus standards-setting organization
• Established in 1999 by coalition of public and private sector leaders to promote and ensure
patient protections and healthcare quality through measurement and public reporting
• NQF portfolio of measures is constantly evolving to measure organizational performance
• Established 34 safety practices that reduce harm if implemented
Question 5.
Why was The National Quality Forum (NQF) created?
ANSWER
The NQF was created after the President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and
Quality jn the Healthcare Industry concluded that an organization like NQF was needed to
promote and ensure patient protections and healthcare quality through measurement and
public reporting. NQF sets voluntary consensus standards to measure healthcare organization
performance.
Question 6.
Why did the NQF develop a Quality Positioning System?
ANSWER
The NQF developed a quality positioning system to assist organizations in selecting and
exploring ways to use NQF-endorsed measures to achieve measurement goals. The measures
have undergone rigorous review and have gained the consensus of many stakeholders. The
safe practices, if implemented, reduce harm in a number of areas. The practices comprise
elements related to leadership, care needs, information transfer and communication,
medication management, healthcare associated infections, and specific care processes.
, Question 7.
What is the Leapfrog Group?
ANSWER
Voluntary initiative to mobilize employer purchasing power to guide healthcare industry
• Adopts giant leaps in healthcare safety
• Uses NQF safety standards and identified 4 leaps for hospitals:
1. Computerized physician order entry
2. Evidence-based hospital referral
3. Intensive care unit physician staffing
4. Safe practices score
Question 8.
What are the 4 leaps for hospitals in the Leapfrog Group?
ANSWER
1. Computerized physician order entry
2. Evidence-based hospital referral
3. Intensive care unit physician staffing
4. Safe practices score
Question 9.
What is the benefit of implementing the Leapfrog steps?
ANSWER
If hospitals implement the first three leaps, 57 ,000 lives can be saved, up to $12 billion in costs
can be saved each year, and 3 million medication errors can be prevented. The Leapfrog
Group's safe practices were used in the development of the 34 NQF endorsed safety practices.
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of
patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries,
accidents, and infections.
