CPHRM REVIEW TIPS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔What is one of the pieces of information available in the Health Care Integrity and
Protection Data Bank but not the Practitioner Data Bank? - ✔✔Malpractice payments
✔✔The source of most medication errors is - ✔✔verbal orders
✔✔What is the most common sentinel event? - ✔✔Unintended retention of a foreign
body.
✔✔An Example of a clear directive to a nurse is - ✔✔Because infusion pumps
occasionally malfunction, a nurse is instructed to monitor the pumps operation every so
often.
✔✔A doctor fails to administer an indicated test, and the patient's condition deteriorates
to the point that he/she must be admitted to an inpatient facility. What is this an example
of? - ✔✔Diagnostic error.
✔✔Which of the following would not be considered an emergency according to
EMTALA? Kidney failure, normal child labor, myocardial infarction, ruptured appendix. -
✔✔Kidney failure
✔✔The ultimate goal of Enterprise Risk Management is to - ✔✔Optimize risk financing
and mitigation strategies
✔✔For a risk management program to be effective, it needs which of the following -
✔✔Organizational commitment, visibility and access, and physician acceptance and
understanding.
, ✔✔Why should risk management professional must work closely with the media. -
✔✔To protect a celebrity's identity, to protect the confidentiality of a situation, and to
protect the identity of a patient is protective custody.
✔✔To have a successful quality improvement process, the risk manager program must
have - ✔✔Interactive multidisciplinary teams, a mindset that most problems are caused
by processes, and full support of senior management.
✔✔Ultimately, the accountability for the risk management program belongs to - ✔✔The
board
✔✔When a FDA inspector comes to a facility, the risk manager should - ✔✔Accompany
the inspector and ask to see the inspector's credentials.
✔✔Generally, an incident is defined as - ✔✔Any happening which is not consistent with
the routine delivery of care or operation of the organization.
✔✔It is important to protect the discoverability of incident reports. What would
significantly impact on whether the reports are discoverable? - ✔✔State statutes,
federal statutes, and case law.
✔✔If a practitioner requests a telemedicine consult with another practitioner in another
state, the consultant - ✔✔May need to possess a valid medical license form the
requesting physician's state since reciprocity varies from state to state.
✔✔What are risk treatment strategies? - ✔✔Risk avoidance, risk retention, and risk
transfer.
✔✔If there is no OSHA standard for a given potential health hazard, OSHA may -
✔✔Have the authority to govern it under the general duty clause.
✔✔Protecting outdoor air intakes can mitigate the risk of terrorists introducing airborne
agents into a facility. Steps to accomplish this include - ✔✔Relocate the intakes to a
rooftop or higher up on the building; establish a security zone around the intakes; and
add lighting and surveillance cameras to monitor the intakes.
✔✔An original contract could contain - ✔✔The effective date, the insurance
requirements, and the contract terms.
✔✔What is the voluntary relinquishment by the insurer or self insurer of the right to
recover from a third party? - ✔✔Waiver of subrogation rights clause.
SET A+
✔✔What is one of the pieces of information available in the Health Care Integrity and
Protection Data Bank but not the Practitioner Data Bank? - ✔✔Malpractice payments
✔✔The source of most medication errors is - ✔✔verbal orders
✔✔What is the most common sentinel event? - ✔✔Unintended retention of a foreign
body.
✔✔An Example of a clear directive to a nurse is - ✔✔Because infusion pumps
occasionally malfunction, a nurse is instructed to monitor the pumps operation every so
often.
✔✔A doctor fails to administer an indicated test, and the patient's condition deteriorates
to the point that he/she must be admitted to an inpatient facility. What is this an example
of? - ✔✔Diagnostic error.
✔✔Which of the following would not be considered an emergency according to
EMTALA? Kidney failure, normal child labor, myocardial infarction, ruptured appendix. -
✔✔Kidney failure
✔✔The ultimate goal of Enterprise Risk Management is to - ✔✔Optimize risk financing
and mitigation strategies
✔✔For a risk management program to be effective, it needs which of the following -
✔✔Organizational commitment, visibility and access, and physician acceptance and
understanding.
, ✔✔Why should risk management professional must work closely with the media. -
✔✔To protect a celebrity's identity, to protect the confidentiality of a situation, and to
protect the identity of a patient is protective custody.
✔✔To have a successful quality improvement process, the risk manager program must
have - ✔✔Interactive multidisciplinary teams, a mindset that most problems are caused
by processes, and full support of senior management.
✔✔Ultimately, the accountability for the risk management program belongs to - ✔✔The
board
✔✔When a FDA inspector comes to a facility, the risk manager should - ✔✔Accompany
the inspector and ask to see the inspector's credentials.
✔✔Generally, an incident is defined as - ✔✔Any happening which is not consistent with
the routine delivery of care or operation of the organization.
✔✔It is important to protect the discoverability of incident reports. What would
significantly impact on whether the reports are discoverable? - ✔✔State statutes,
federal statutes, and case law.
✔✔If a practitioner requests a telemedicine consult with another practitioner in another
state, the consultant - ✔✔May need to possess a valid medical license form the
requesting physician's state since reciprocity varies from state to state.
✔✔What are risk treatment strategies? - ✔✔Risk avoidance, risk retention, and risk
transfer.
✔✔If there is no OSHA standard for a given potential health hazard, OSHA may -
✔✔Have the authority to govern it under the general duty clause.
✔✔Protecting outdoor air intakes can mitigate the risk of terrorists introducing airborne
agents into a facility. Steps to accomplish this include - ✔✔Relocate the intakes to a
rooftop or higher up on the building; establish a security zone around the intakes; and
add lighting and surveillance cameras to monitor the intakes.
✔✔An original contract could contain - ✔✔The effective date, the insurance
requirements, and the contract terms.
✔✔What is the voluntary relinquishment by the insurer or self insurer of the right to
recover from a third party? - ✔✔Waiver of subrogation rights clause.
