CPPS Patient Safety Certification /Questions And
Answers
Answer :advance health - Quiz :One important route to restoring trust is
through a commitment to transparency by all health care systems.
Organizations and clinicians that act as though they have nothing to hide
become more trustworthy. The health care system should seek to earn
renewed trust not by hiding its defects, but by revealing them, along with
making a relentless commitment to improve. The transition to openness is a
difficult one for our often-beleaguered health care organizations, but it is a
journey worth making. In the longer run, access to information can inspire
trust among patients and caregivers that the system is working effectively to
________________________.
Answer :a screen - Quiz :Although trigger tools are neither perfectly sensitive
nor specific, they have reasonably good interrater reliability and often identify
cases of medical errors that incident reporting or administrative data-based
systems miss. Since many triggers do not represent errors or even true harm,
they are best used as which of the following?
Answer :Quality System Regulations - Quiz :One of the goals of the FDA is to
protect the health of the public by assuring that the practice of reprocessing
and reusing single-use devices (SUDs) is safe and effective and based on good
science. The FDA has designed an approach that applies existing regulations for
original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to third parties and hospitals to
minimize risks associated with reprocessed SUDs. The public expects and the
law requires all medical devices to be safe, effective, and manufactured in
accordance with which of the following?
Answer :Four key aspects of the current context for health care delivery - Quiz
:1. the growing complexity of science and technology,
2. the increase in chronic conditions,
3. a poorly organized delivery system,
4. constraints on exploiting the revolution in information technology
Answer :outmoded systems of work - Quiz :Poor designs set the workforce up
to fail, regardless of how hard they try
Answer :Censure and discipline - Quiz :The high standards of practice that are
taught to nurses, pharmacists, and physicians have often been reinforced in
, hospital practice by an unforgiving system of
_____________________________________________________.
Answer :participant observer approach - Quiz :co-workers are unaware that a
study is taking place while another employee collects data
Answer :T or F Many physicians believe the statistical reports - Quiz :false
Answer :Sizable capital investments and multiyear commitments to building
systems - Quiz :The challenges of applying information technology to health
care should not be underestimated. Health care is undoubtedly one of the
most, if not the most, complex sector of the economy. The number of different
types of transactions (i.e., patient needs, interactions, and services) is very
large. Which of the following will be required?
Answer :the delivery setting - Quiz :Modifying training, regulatory, and legal
environments is not a quick strategy for changing practice. These
environments are closely interrelated with ________________.
Answer :Observers - Quiz :used to double-check the accuracy of medication
cart filling, filling new orders, and filling prescriptions.
Answer :incident report - Quiz :legally recognized report of a medication error
Answer :1) Captures small fraction of adverse events
2) Retrospective review is only based on provider self-reports
3) No standardization or uniformity of adverse events reports -
Quiz :disadvantages of the Voluntary Incident Reporting Systems
Answer :the basics
staying healthy
getting better
living with illness
changing needs - Quiz :The Foundation for Accountability model organizes
comparative information about quality performance into five categories based
on how consumers think about their care
Answer :A stronger and more organized evidence base should facilitate the
development of ________ - Quiz :valid and reliable quality measures for
Answers
Answer :advance health - Quiz :One important route to restoring trust is
through a commitment to transparency by all health care systems.
Organizations and clinicians that act as though they have nothing to hide
become more trustworthy. The health care system should seek to earn
renewed trust not by hiding its defects, but by revealing them, along with
making a relentless commitment to improve. The transition to openness is a
difficult one for our often-beleaguered health care organizations, but it is a
journey worth making. In the longer run, access to information can inspire
trust among patients and caregivers that the system is working effectively to
________________________.
Answer :a screen - Quiz :Although trigger tools are neither perfectly sensitive
nor specific, they have reasonably good interrater reliability and often identify
cases of medical errors that incident reporting or administrative data-based
systems miss. Since many triggers do not represent errors or even true harm,
they are best used as which of the following?
Answer :Quality System Regulations - Quiz :One of the goals of the FDA is to
protect the health of the public by assuring that the practice of reprocessing
and reusing single-use devices (SUDs) is safe and effective and based on good
science. The FDA has designed an approach that applies existing regulations for
original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to third parties and hospitals to
minimize risks associated with reprocessed SUDs. The public expects and the
law requires all medical devices to be safe, effective, and manufactured in
accordance with which of the following?
Answer :Four key aspects of the current context for health care delivery - Quiz
:1. the growing complexity of science and technology,
2. the increase in chronic conditions,
3. a poorly organized delivery system,
4. constraints on exploiting the revolution in information technology
Answer :outmoded systems of work - Quiz :Poor designs set the workforce up
to fail, regardless of how hard they try
Answer :Censure and discipline - Quiz :The high standards of practice that are
taught to nurses, pharmacists, and physicians have often been reinforced in
, hospital practice by an unforgiving system of
_____________________________________________________.
Answer :participant observer approach - Quiz :co-workers are unaware that a
study is taking place while another employee collects data
Answer :T or F Many physicians believe the statistical reports - Quiz :false
Answer :Sizable capital investments and multiyear commitments to building
systems - Quiz :The challenges of applying information technology to health
care should not be underestimated. Health care is undoubtedly one of the
most, if not the most, complex sector of the economy. The number of different
types of transactions (i.e., patient needs, interactions, and services) is very
large. Which of the following will be required?
Answer :the delivery setting - Quiz :Modifying training, regulatory, and legal
environments is not a quick strategy for changing practice. These
environments are closely interrelated with ________________.
Answer :Observers - Quiz :used to double-check the accuracy of medication
cart filling, filling new orders, and filling prescriptions.
Answer :incident report - Quiz :legally recognized report of a medication error
Answer :1) Captures small fraction of adverse events
2) Retrospective review is only based on provider self-reports
3) No standardization or uniformity of adverse events reports -
Quiz :disadvantages of the Voluntary Incident Reporting Systems
Answer :the basics
staying healthy
getting better
living with illness
changing needs - Quiz :The Foundation for Accountability model organizes
comparative information about quality performance into five categories based
on how consumers think about their care
Answer :A stronger and more organized evidence base should facilitate the
development of ________ - Quiz :valid and reliable quality measures for
