CPHQ Exam Question 31
The distinction between inpatient and outpatient data is an important consideration in planning the data collection
process because:
process because:
CPHQ Exam Question 32
There is a story of an intensive care unit (ICU) at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz Country, California.
Dominican, a 379-bed community hospital, is part of the 41-hospital Catholic Healthcare West system. "We used to replace ventilator circuit for incubated patients daily because we thought this helped to prevent pneumonia," explained Lee Vanderpool, vice president. "But the evidence shows that the more you interfere with that device, the more often you risk introducing infection. It turns out it is often better to leave it alone until it begins to become cloudy, or 'gunky,' as the no clinicians say." The hospital staff learned an important lesson from this experience that:
Dominican, a 379-bed community hospital, is part of the 41-hospital Catholic Healthcare West system. "We used to replace ventilator circuit for incubated patients daily because we thought this helped to prevent pneumonia," explained Lee Vanderpool, vice president. "But the evidence shows that the more you interfere with that device, the more often you risk introducing infection. It turns out it is often better to leave it alone until it begins to become cloudy, or 'gunky,' as the no clinicians say." The hospital staff learned an important lesson from this experience that:
CPHQ Exam Question 33
The weighting issue also arises when comparing hospitals or clinics within a system.
What happens if the service case mix is similar?
What happens if the service case mix is similar?
CPHQ Exam Question 34
A healthcare quality Improvement team is working on an action plan to address medication system defects.
Based on the data from the chart below, what would be the next step?
Based on the data from the chart below, what would be the next step?
CPHQ Exam Question 35
TQC is excellence driven rather than defect driven-a system that integrates: