Quality 1 Flashcards
Brainstorming
A strategy used in brainstorming is that all ideas are all recorded
Empowerment and training
Quality council should provide to best ensure success of performance improvement teams
Frequency, severity and ease of detection
Failure modes can be prioritized by calculating the criticality index, 3 categories to calculate this.
Flow chart
The chart that would be most likely be used first in a root cause analysis.
Chief of department
Any committe should share the results to the chief of the department first.
References of SME
When considering the use of an external SME, the references of the SME is the most critical.
Person performing the process
For a continous quality improvement team to be successful, the person performing the process must be included in the team.
Deemed status
This refers to CMS survey
Histogram
Frequency distribution can be best displayed theough use of histogram.
Evaluate compliance with the pathway
After 6 months after implementation of a critical pathway, the LOS continues to exceed the guidelines, the next step is to evaluate compliance.
Benchmarking
Comparing healthcare organization by using medical error rates provides best method for benchmarking patient safety.
Diagnostic error
When a physician fails to adminster an indicated test and the patients condition deteriorates to the point of inpatient admission.
At the beginning of meeting
The best time for chairing during a meeting.
Defects
Misuse
Underuse
Overuse
Misuse
A term applied when proper clinical care is not executed appropriately, such as giving the wrong drug to a patient or incorrectly administering a drug.