HCQM - Accreditation Organizations
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Accreditation - CORRECT ANSWER -A voluntary process that a health care institution,
provider or program undergoes to demonstrate compliance with standards developed by an
official agency.
EA Codman - CORRECT ANSWER -founded the American College of Surgeons. Wanted
to collect statistics to foster standardization across hospitals.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals - CORRECT ANSWER -In 1953, the
American College of Surgeons, the American College of Physicians, the American Hospital
Association and the American Medical Association and the Canadian Medical Association
formed this to handle hospital accreditation.
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program - CORRECT ANSWER -Formed by the
American Osteopathic Association to provide medical facilities with an objective review of their
services.
1965 Darlington v Charleston Community Memorial Hospital - CORRECT ANSWER -
Established institutional liability for the quality of medical care provided by physicians
National Quality Forum - CORRECT ANSWER -Established in 1999 with the mission to
improve the quality of US Healthcare
Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program - CORRECT ANSWER -Created in 2003
providing consumers with healthcare quality information.
Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (now the Physician Quality Reporting System) -
CORRECT ANSWER -In 2006 formed to allow providers to report on quality measures -
although voluntary, Medicare payment adjustments will be applied beginning 2015
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Accreditation - CORRECT ANSWER -A voluntary process that a health care institution,
provider or program undergoes to demonstrate compliance with standards developed by an
official agency.
EA Codman - CORRECT ANSWER -founded the American College of Surgeons. Wanted
to collect statistics to foster standardization across hospitals.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals - CORRECT ANSWER -In 1953, the
American College of Surgeons, the American College of Physicians, the American Hospital
Association and the American Medical Association and the Canadian Medical Association
formed this to handle hospital accreditation.
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program - CORRECT ANSWER -Formed by the
American Osteopathic Association to provide medical facilities with an objective review of their
services.
1965 Darlington v Charleston Community Memorial Hospital - CORRECT ANSWER -
Established institutional liability for the quality of medical care provided by physicians
National Quality Forum - CORRECT ANSWER -Established in 1999 with the mission to
improve the quality of US Healthcare
Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program - CORRECT ANSWER -Created in 2003
providing consumers with healthcare quality information.
Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (now the Physician Quality Reporting System) -
CORRECT ANSWER -In 2006 formed to allow providers to report on quality measures -
although voluntary, Medicare payment adjustments will be applied beginning 2015
