CPHQ Practice Questions

A quality professional is creating a training session for clinical leaders about quality improvement. Which of the following should be incorporated into the training?

A healthcare quality professional wants to measure quality of care for knee replacement surgeries. Which of the following is the best example of an outcome measure?

An organization’s 30-day readmission rate for heart failure patients is at the upper limit of the acceptable range for CMS. What is the appropriate step for evaluation of this rate?

Annual evaluation of a quality Improvement process must

Each provider in a primary care practice has the potential of earning a $20,000 bonus based on individual performance on select Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) indicators as outlined below:

Percent of bonus earned for meeting target

Indicator

Performance Target (met goal if ≥ target)

25%

Breast Cancer Screening (BCS)

74%

25%

Controlling High Blood Pressure (CBP)

72%

50%

Childhood Immunization Status (CIS)

63%

The performance for the providers is as follows:

Provider

BCS

CBP

CIS

A

75%

71%

63%

B

77%

69%

65%

C

79%

73%

64%

D

73%

74%

62%

Based on this information, which of the following conclusions is accurate?

An orthopedic surgery practice has been working on Improving patient safety for the last 3 years. The following data table is available:

Which of thefollowing Is the most appropriate conclusion about patient safety outcomes?

Which action should be taken to support continuous survey readiness?

The quality professional has been asked to perform chart audits on a population to assess how often hypertension is being addressed by clinicians when hypertensive patients presented to the clinic in the last year. The clinic has over 8,000 patients diagnosed with hypertension. Which of the following would be most appropriate for the quality professional to consider when selecting a sampling methodology?

An extended carefacility measures the percent of time a comprehensive exam is completed within 96 hours of admission. This is an example of which of the following types of measure?

During the course of a root cause analysis, the team found the following Items contributed to the error:

• Fatigue and stress leading to Inattention

• Pressure to accomplish more tasks In the same amount of time

• The equipment was designed for right-handed staff

Which of the following best describe these types of causes?

Benchmark is a term used to describe

A quality professional is leading a team that was recently formed to identify ways to decrease length of stay. The team members have started arguing with each other over whose approach is best. Each team member thinks the team should focus on a different part of the patient journey first, and members are not listening to each other. Which of the following should the team leader do?

A health system is designing a new wellness program and wants to incorporate social determinants of health. Which of the following should be considered?

An ambulatory care practice has reviewed data to identify patients with multiple visits to the emergency room within the last six months. The population health management technique for this type of data review is called

An emergency department's quality improvement report for the first quarter showed the following data:

Which of the following additional information should be included in this report for each month?