Quiz Questions Part 2 of 5

Question 1

TRUE/FALSE: Peer review and performance improvement discussions, deliberations, records, and proceedings of the medical staff committees are considered “discoverable” in a court.

Answer 1

FALSE

Question 2

TRUE/FALSE: The process for ensuring qualifications for medical staff members in healthcare organizations is known as peer review.

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

In a malpractice action, when there is evidence that failure to exercise due care is responsible for actual patient harm this is called _____.

Answer 3

causation

Question 4

TRUE/FALSE: It is not necessary to prove causation in a malpractice case.

Answer 4

FALSE

Question 5

TRUE/FALSE: One basic element that must be proven in a malpractice case is damages.

Answer 5

TRUE

Question 6

TRUE/FALSE: The process for ensuring qualifications for medical staff members in healthcare organizations is known as credentialing

Answer 6

FALSE

Question 7

TRUE/FALSE: A healthcare organization has the responsibility for disclosing a factual explanation of the circumstances surrounding an adverse event.

Answer 7

TRUE

Question 8

This private, not-for-profit organization is committed to developing and maintaining practical, customer-focused standards to help organizations measure and improve the quality, value, and outcomes of behavioral health and medical rehabilitation programs:

Answer 8

Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

Question 9

The HIM Department has been receiving complaints about the turnaround time for release of information (ROI) requests. A PI team is created to investigate this issue. What data source would be appropriate to use to investigate this issue further?

Answer 9

ROI tracking system

Question 10

As part of ARRA, this Act requires that healthcare organizations and providers make significant investments in information systems to have a positive impact on the care that they provide:

Answer 10

HITECH