HCQM
HCQM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following concepts differentiates continuous
quality improvement (CQI) from quality assurance and total
quality management?
- CQI analyzes a specific part of a system
- CQI focuses on people not systems
- CQI studies multiple cycles of the same issue
- CQI identifies a single cause to a system issue - correct answer CQI
studies multiple cycles of the same issue
Risk management's primary focus is on:
- Quality Improvement (QI)
- Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)
- Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
- Reducing/preventing monetary loss - correct answer
Reducing/preventing monetary loss
, HCQM
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
administers the Quality Improvement Organization
(QIO) program to ensure the quality of care for its beneficiaries.
What is the program's focus?
- Effectiveness
- Efficiency
- Quality
- Economy
- All of the above - correct answer All of the Above
Patient safety initiatives to improve the quality of care include
which of the following?
- Increased access
- cost control
- improved safety of patients
- value of health care spending
- All of the above - correct answer All of the above
According to the Institute of Medicine, which of the following
causes the most deaths?
HCQM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following concepts differentiates continuous
quality improvement (CQI) from quality assurance and total
quality management?
- CQI analyzes a specific part of a system
- CQI focuses on people not systems
- CQI studies multiple cycles of the same issue
- CQI identifies a single cause to a system issue - correct answer CQI
studies multiple cycles of the same issue
Risk management's primary focus is on:
- Quality Improvement (QI)
- Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)
- Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
- Reducing/preventing monetary loss - correct answer
Reducing/preventing monetary loss
, HCQM
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
administers the Quality Improvement Organization
(QIO) program to ensure the quality of care for its beneficiaries.
What is the program's focus?
- Effectiveness
- Efficiency
- Quality
- Economy
- All of the above - correct answer All of the Above
Patient safety initiatives to improve the quality of care include
which of the following?
- Increased access
- cost control
- improved safety of patients
- value of health care spending
- All of the above - correct answer All of the above
According to the Institute of Medicine, which of the following
causes the most deaths?
