1989 law that required this federal agency to focus research on the elderly population.
What is AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
100
UNEXPECTED EVENT IN A HOSPITAL THAT CAUSES SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
What is A SENTINEL EVENT.
100
Surgical Safety Checklist
What is proposed new STRUCTURAL measure for FY'16 payment determination.
100
A QUALIFICATION TO RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
What is MEANINGFUL USE.
200
What is STANDARDIZED SURVEY METHOD/DATA COLLECTION METHODOLOGY TO MEASURE PATIENTS' PERSPECTIVE OF HEALTHCARE
HCAHPS.
QMS - helping assisting with home care.
Target range: scale score of 90.
200
Public-private non profit organization to develop strategies for reporting healthcare quality.
What is National Quality Forum
200
FOCUS PDCA
What is MERCY'S PROBLEM SOLVING METHOD.
What does the acronym stand for?
200
Sum of scores from clinical process of care, patient experience and mortality outcomes.
What is VBP.
200
Method for paying hospitals based on their demonstrated achievements for meeting specific healthcare quality objectives.
What is P4P
300
AGREED-UPON PROCESS OR OUTCOME MEASURE USE TO DETERMINE LEVEL OF QUALITY ACHIEVED.
What is QUALITY INDICATOR.
Example of quality indicator -
300
Accreditation from this organization results in "Deemed status."
What is the Joint Commission.
What agency does JC survey for?
300
surgical site infection following implantation of a cardiac electronic device, pneumothorax with venous catheterization.
What is a HAC.
HAC stands for?
300
Medicare beneficiary is treated for an AMI and on post operative day 29 is hospitalized for a car accident. The hospital may receive a decrease in remibursement for the second visit.
What is ALL CAUSE Readmissions.
300
PRO, DRG, MAC, RAC
What is attempts by federal government to regin in Medicare expenditures. PRO - professional review organization, DRG - diagnosis related groupings, MAC - Medicare Administrative Contractors, RAC - Recovery audit contractors.
400
Antibotic timing and selection for outpatient surgeries.
What is HOP. Hospital outpatient project.
400
Public-private collaboration that measures and publicly reports care provided by hospitals.
What is Hospital Quality Alliance
400
CMS
What is THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES.
400
Delivery of healthcare interventions that are supported by research.
What is Evidence based care or evidence based medicine.
400
CPOE
What is COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY
500
Elective Delivery Prior to 39 weeks of gestation.
What is new perinatal care measure. New HIQR measure for FY'15. (Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting)
500
TELLIGEN
What is IOWA'S QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION
500
SPONGE LEFT IN ABDOMINAL CAVITY, WRONG SIDE SURGERY,
What is A NEVER EVENT
500
Smoking cessation, alcohol cessation, expansion of CLABSI and CAUTI into non-ICU patient populations.
What is Qaulity measures that are on the horizon.
500
GROUP OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ENTER INTO A FORMAL AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE CARE TO A SPECIFIC GROUP OF PATIENTS
What is ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION.
Is Mercy Iowa City part of an ACO?
Name an Iowa ACO.