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HCQM Final Examination||Verified Exam!!||, 2026/2027
– Healthcare Quality Management and Patient Safety
Competency Assessment
This association was established in 1840 to represent the
interests of physicians across the U.S. - Answer-American
Medical Association
A standard of performance or best practice for a particular
process or outcome is called a/an... - Answer-benchmark
This organization developed a set of National Patient
Safety Goals (NPSGs) that all institutions participating in
accreditation must promote and train their staffs providing
care to adhere to. - Answer-Joint Commission
Healthcare leaders and their boards of directors are
responsible for the quality of the organizations' services. -
Answer-true
__________ is a system in which purchasers hold
providers of healthcare accountable for both the costs of
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healthcare and its quality. - Answer-Value-based
purchasing
Organizations that pay close attention to weak signals of
trouble to catch problems or errors in the earliest stage are
applying the principles of... - Answer-HRO
A team may redesign a process or product if... - Answer-a
measurement indicates there is room for further
improvement
__________ is the steps in which focused data are
collected and analyzed, changes are incorporated, the
new process is implemented, and staff are educated about
the new process. - Answer-Process redesign
During the mid-1700's, the citizens of Philadelphia, PA,
recognized the need to sequester newly arrived
immigrants, who often contracted diseases during their
long voyages to America. This procedure is an example of
early... - Answer-infection control
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Performance improvement data collection results that fall
outside the established __________ often trigger further
study or more focused data collection on a performance
measure. - Answer-benchmark
Quality and performance monitoring is a data-driven
process. - Answer-true
A quantitative tool that provides an indication of an
organization's performance in relation to a specified
process or outcome is a/an... - Answer-performance
measure
Which of the following is the act that stimulated investment
in the information systems infrastructure of professional
practices, clinics, and hospitals? - Answer-HITECH
Root-cause analysis is a key technique used in this quality
improvement methodology. - Answer-Lean
TQM mobilizes individuals directly involved in a work
process to examine and improve the process with the goal
of achieving a better product or outcome. It does not
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matter what the product or outcome might be. - Answer-
true
The following organizations: the American Medical
Association (AMA), the American College of Physicians
(ACP), the American Hospital Association (AHA), and the
Canadian Medical Association (CMA)—decided to join the
ACS to develop the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Hospitals. - Answer-true
Which state was the first to pass legislation that required
nurses to be registered? - Answer-North Carolina
Each healthcare organization must identify and prioritize
which processes and outcomes (in other words, which
types of data) are important to monitor. This data collection
should be based on the scope of care and services it
provides and... - Answer-their mission
This quality improvement methodology uses statistics for
measuring variation in a process with the intent of
producing error-free results. - Answer-Six Sigma
This act established a quality reporting program for skilled
nursing care in the Untied States. - Answer-IMPACT
HCQM Final Examination||Verified Exam!!||, 2026/2027
– Healthcare Quality Management and Patient Safety
Competency Assessment
This association was established in 1840 to represent the
interests of physicians across the U.S. - Answer-American
Medical Association
A standard of performance or best practice for a particular
process or outcome is called a/an... - Answer-benchmark
This organization developed a set of National Patient
Safety Goals (NPSGs) that all institutions participating in
accreditation must promote and train their staffs providing
care to adhere to. - Answer-Joint Commission
Healthcare leaders and their boards of directors are
responsible for the quality of the organizations' services. -
Answer-true
__________ is a system in which purchasers hold
providers of healthcare accountable for both the costs of
,2|Page
healthcare and its quality. - Answer-Value-based
purchasing
Organizations that pay close attention to weak signals of
trouble to catch problems or errors in the earliest stage are
applying the principles of... - Answer-HRO
A team may redesign a process or product if... - Answer-a
measurement indicates there is room for further
improvement
__________ is the steps in which focused data are
collected and analyzed, changes are incorporated, the
new process is implemented, and staff are educated about
the new process. - Answer-Process redesign
During the mid-1700's, the citizens of Philadelphia, PA,
recognized the need to sequester newly arrived
immigrants, who often contracted diseases during their
long voyages to America. This procedure is an example of
early... - Answer-infection control
,3|Page
Performance improvement data collection results that fall
outside the established __________ often trigger further
study or more focused data collection on a performance
measure. - Answer-benchmark
Quality and performance monitoring is a data-driven
process. - Answer-true
A quantitative tool that provides an indication of an
organization's performance in relation to a specified
process or outcome is a/an... - Answer-performance
measure
Which of the following is the act that stimulated investment
in the information systems infrastructure of professional
practices, clinics, and hospitals? - Answer-HITECH
Root-cause analysis is a key technique used in this quality
improvement methodology. - Answer-Lean
TQM mobilizes individuals directly involved in a work
process to examine and improve the process with the goal
of achieving a better product or outcome. It does not
, 4|Page
matter what the product or outcome might be. - Answer-
true
The following organizations: the American Medical
Association (AMA), the American College of Physicians
(ACP), the American Hospital Association (AHA), and the
Canadian Medical Association (CMA)—decided to join the
ACS to develop the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Hospitals. - Answer-true
Which state was the first to pass legislation that required
nurses to be registered? - Answer-North Carolina
Each healthcare organization must identify and prioritize
which processes and outcomes (in other words, which
types of data) are important to monitor. This data collection
should be based on the scope of care and services it
provides and... - Answer-their mission
This quality improvement methodology uses statistics for
measuring variation in a process with the intent of
producing error-free results. - Answer-Six Sigma
This act established a quality reporting program for skilled
nursing care in the Untied States. - Answer-IMPACT
