C430 Healthcare Quality Improvement and Risk Management – WGU Correct 100%(COMPLETE FULL PACK SOLUTIONS!!!)EXAM BUNDLE

Conduct a root cause analysis - ANSWER Nursing services received three complaints in the past two months from family members of patients. All the complaints involved missing valuables from the patient's rooms. Which action should reduce the risk of recurrence of this type of event? Train sta...

Incident or occurrence reports are a method of risk - ANSWER Indentification Adequate insurance coverage is an example of risk - ANSWER Financing Continuous collection of information to search for liability risks is an example of risk - ANSWER Identification Quality Assurance and Risk Manag...

Electronic alerts - ANSWER reduces risk. e.g. hospital is missing admission consent forms so they add an electronic alert to prompt for signatures. Educate staff - ANSWER minimize incidents and reduce risk. e.g. care center investigated by OSHA for workplace injuries. so they educate staff ...

Fee-for-service (FFS) - ANSWER ___ ___ ___ is a payment model where services are unbundled and paid for separately. In health care, it gives an incentive for physicians to provide more treatments because payment is dependent on the quantity of care, rather than quality of care. capitation - ANSWE...

Risk Management - ANSWER An organized effort to identify, assess, and reduce, where appropriate, risks to patients, visitors, staff, and organization assets. Reduce the incidence of preventable accidents and injuries to minimize the financial loss to the institution should an injury or accident ...

Communication reduces consequences - ANSWER •Altruism the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others •Rationalization • Accountability •Compensation Hospital Acquired Conditions - ANSWER CMS identified conditions that are not present on ad...

CHAPTER 1 - ANSWER The Joint Commission Standards - ANSWER 1. providing leadership 2. improving organizational performance 3. information management 4. patient's rights -quality of care and legal responsibilities to do no harm Risk Management - ANSWER an organized effort to identify, ass...

What is the role of OSHA? - ANSWER regulates safety in the workplace a hospital officer reports the presence of multiple incidences of skin breakdown among the Medicare/Medicaid eligible patients who were admitted to the hospital. admission assessment supports that skin breakdown was not present ...

Quality is? - ANSWER Definition of quality depends on stakeholders (ppl who are invested in a specific organization): -The client/customer (the patient) -The provider/employer (health care providers) -Management (hospital management) -Payer (Insurance, government agency, individual/in relation t...

Quality - ANSWER Carrying out interventions correctly according to pre-established standards and procedures, with an aim of satisfying users of the health system and maximizing results without generating health risks or unnecessary costs Quality definition - ANSWER Conformance to specificatio...

What do leaders and managers drive? - ANSWER Staffing Budgeting Personnel policies Delegation decisions IT What is the focus of managers and leaders? - ANSWER Patient safety Staff safety Forces Influencing Patient Safety: IOM - ANSWER To Err is Human Crossing the Quality Chasm Health p...