One important route to restoring trust is through a commitment to transparency by all health care systems. Organizations and clinicians that act as though
... [Show More] they have nothing to hide become more trustworthy. The health care system should seek to earn renewed trust not by hiding its defects, but by revealing them, along with making a relentless commitment to improve. The transition to openness is a difficult one for our often-beleaguered health care organizations, but it is a journey worth making. In the longer run, access to information can inspire trust among patients and caregivers that the system is working effectively to ________________________. - correct answer advance health
Although trigger tools are neither perfectly sensitive nor specific, they have reasonably good interrater reliability and often identify cases of medical errors that incident reporting or administrative data-based systems miss. Since many triggers do not represent errors or even true harm, they are best used as which of the following? - correct answer a screen
One of the goals of the FDA is to protect the health of the public by assuring that the practice of reprocessing and reusing single-use devices (SUDs) is safe and effective and based on good science. The FDA has designed an approach that applies existing regulations for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to third parties and hospitals to minimize risks associated with reprocessed SUDs. The public expects and the law requires all medical devices to be safe, effective, and manufactured in accordance with which of the following? - correct answer Quality System Regulations
1. the growing complexity of science and technology,
2. the increase in chronic conditions,
3. a poorly organized delivery system,
4. constraints on exploiting the revolution in information technology - correct answer Four key aspects of the current context for health care delivery
Poor designs set the workforce up to fail, regardless of how hard they try - correct answer outmoded systems of work
The high standards of practice that are taught to nurses, pharmacists, and physicians have often been reinforced in hospital practice by an unforgiving system of _____________________________________________________. - correct answer Censure and discipline
co-workers are unaware that a study is taking place while another employee collects data - correct answer participant observer approach
false - correct answer T or F Many physicians believe the statistical reports
The challenges of applying information technology to health care should not be underestimated. Health care is undoubtedly one of the most, if not the most, complex sector of the economy. The number of different types of transactions (i.e., patient needs, interactions, and services) is very large. Which of the following will be required? - correct answer Sizable capital investments and multiyear commitments to building systems
Modifying training, regulatory, and legal environments is not a quick strategy for changing practice. These environments are closely interrelated with ________________. - correct answer the delivery setting
used to double-check the accuracy of medication cart filling, filling new orders, and filling prescriptions. - correct answer Observers
legally recognized report of a medication error - correct answer incident report
disadvantages of the Voluntary Incident Reporting Systems - correct answer 1) Captures small fraction of adverse events
2) Retrospective review is only based on provider self-reports
3) No standardization or uniformity of adverse events reports
The Foundation for Accountability model organizes comparative information about quality performance into five categories based on how consumers think about their care - correct answer the basics
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