Scope of practice

Question 1

Is the conduct and skill of a prudent (or “reasonable”)

practitioner that can be expected by a reasonable patient.

Answer 1

Standard of care

Question 2

A bad medical result due to failure to meet the standard of care is?

Answer 2

Malpractice

Question 3

Beliefs offered by expert witnesses in medical liability lawsuits regarding what is actually being done in real life is?

Answer 3

de facto standards of care

Question 4

Beyond formal standards that do prescribe the standard of care, an important type of related ASA document is the?

Answer 4

Practice guideline (formerly “Practice Parameter”)

Question 5

The first published parameter (since revised) concerned the use of what?

Answer 5

Pulmonary catheters

Question 6

The most recent type of document has been the ________, which can seem functionally similar to a guideline, but appears to have the implication of more consensus compromise than previous documents driven more by meta-analysis of the relevant literature.

Answer 6

“practice advisory”

Question 7

Full Joint Commission accreditation of a health-care facility is usually for how many years?

Answer 7

3

Question 8

Were established to monitor quality of medical care and perform utilization reviews (URs), which were oriented to reducing health-care costs.

Answer 8

Peer review organizations