What is the primary purpose of root cause analysis and failure mode and effect analysis?

TRUE/FALSE: Neurons are some of the longest-living cells, and can last your entire lifetime.

True or False: The Joint Commission accreditation manual includes a chapter that covers utilization management standards.

True or False: Skilled nursing facilities often conduct concurrent reviews to determine whether a patient’s condition warrants admission to the facility.

True or False: Healthcare organizations DO NOT use performance comparisons with other organizations to set performance targets.

What is a component of an organization’s quality management infrastructure?

What is an improvement action considered to be strong – meaning it is more likely to achieve patient safety improvement goals than weak or intermediate actions?

What improvement model originated in the Toyota automobile production system?

True or False: The percent of patients receiving home health services who develop a pressure ulcer is a measure of potentially avoidable events.

True or False: Evaluating the appropriateness of physicians’ clinical decisions when caring for hospital patients is the responsibility of the organized medical staff.