Quality History
Quality Tools
Quality Staff
Quality Abbreviations
100

This person is considered the father of Quality.

Who is Deming?

100

In 2005, this rating system as a tool to inform beneficiaries as to the quality of the various plan options and assist them in the plan selection process.

What is the CMS Stars rating?

100

Last name means "Unicorn" in German

Who is Julia Einhorn?

100

PDCA

What is Plan, Do, Check, Act?
200

This person developed the quality model examining structure, process, and outcomes.

Who is Donabedian?

200

This Quality tool is set of surveys that ask patients to report on their health care experiences. 

What is Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS)?

200

Recently vacationed in South Korea

Who is Mikayla Rawnsley?

200

NCQA

What is National Committee for Quality Assurance?

300

In 1990, this independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States that works to improve health care quality through the administration of evidence-based standards, measures, programs, and accreditation 

What is NCQA?

300

This quality improvement methodology originated from Motorola.

What is six sigma?

300

Sang on national TV in Beijing

Who is Michael Wagner?

300

TQM

What is Total Quality Management?

400

This local leader in Quality was a former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and before that was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement[1] a not-for-profit organization. 

Who is Donald Berwick?

400

This quality tool is used divide data into sub-categories to understand existing problems. 

What is stratification?

400

Visited 6 of the Greek Islands

Who is Karl Kamyk?

400

CLAS

What is Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services?

500

This award was created by Congress to recognize high quality organizations and now evaluates many sectors of industry.

What is the Presidential Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award?

500

This tool identifies many possible causes for an effect or problem and sorts ideas into useful categories. 

What is a cause and effect diagram?  AKA fishbone or Ishikawa diagram 

500

Helped craft the Patient Safety and Quality Act of 2005

Who is Amy Helwig, MD?

500

RACI

What is Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed?