IHOP SOP FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026
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What is Quality? .....Answer.....•Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ)-- as doing the right thing for the right
patient, at the right time, in the right way to achieve the best
possible results
•Institute of Medicine- quality healthcare is safe, effective,
patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable
Micro Dimensions of Quality .....Answer.....•Clinical Aspects—
technical quality, limitation of errors
•Interpersonal Aspects—patient satisfaction
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•Quality of Life
•Health-related—person's perception of health, function,
happiness
•Disease-specific
•Institutional related—person's perception of health, function,
happiness within an institution
•Environmental, self-governance, human factors
Quality Assessment .....Answer.....•Measurement of quality
against an established standard
•Process of identifying indicators of quality
•Part of quality assurance
Quality Assurance .....Answer.....•Quality improvement
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•Process of institutionalizing quality through ongoing assessment -
> continuous quality improvement (CQI)
•Total quality management (TQM)
•CQI, customer focus, teamwork
Describe the DonaBedian Model .....Answer.....•Structure:
infrastructure, personnel, delivery system
•Process: technical aspects of care, interpersonal aspects of care
•Outcome: includes the components of the value equation
Describe Quality-Structure .....Answer.....•Facilities meeting
licensing and accreditation standards - and satisfaction
•Equipment meeting specifications and for durable medical
equipment, how durable
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•Staff qualifications and complement of the staffing
•Delivery system: quantity in ratio to population - current
example of bed capacity during a pandemic, both general and
intensive care unit (ICU) beds
Describe Quality-Process .....Answer.....•Clinical practice
guidelines (AHRQ->NCG)
•Cost-efficiency—reduction in cost of care without lowering
quality
•Overutilization
•Underutilization
•Critical (Clinical) pathways
•Risk management