Exam 15: Continuous Quality Improvement, Risk Management, and Program Evaluation

Effective January 1,2007,the Joint Commission requires accredited hospitals to collect and submit performance data related to which of the following?

Which quality management philosopher believed in a system that creates quality by prevention of errors instead of appraisal?

Which organization developed standards for nursing practice that became the basis for quality assurance programs?

Accredited organizations are expected to identify and respond to all sentinel events occurring in the organization.Errors are preventable events.Which of the following types of error is not the result of an individual's actions but is the predictable outcome of a series of actions that comprise a diagnostic or treatment process?

Both leaders and managers have a responsibility for quality improvement.A manager's function is to: