Question 446

Because of the goals of care can be defined broadly, outcome measures have come to include the costs of care as well
as patients' satisfaction with care. In formulations that stress the technical aspects of care, however outcome typically
refers to:
  • Question 447

    Data for an organization's annual Influenza vaccine administration yields the following results:

    What is the median for the organization's annual vaccine count?
  • Question 448

    A healthcare quality professional is organizing a team to address accuracy of the admission source data collection element. Accuracy of this data element impacts exclusions for various quality scores. The following teams have been proposed:
    Team
    Sponsor
    Leader
    Members
    A
    Chief Financial Officer
    Director of Quality
    Case Manager, Registration Staff, Coding Manager
    B
    Chief Executive Officer
    Director of Finance
    Staff Nurse, Hospitalist, Coding Manager
    C
    Chief Nursing Officer
    Director of Health Information Management
    Coding Manager, Emergency Dept. Nurse, Intensivist
    D
    Chief Medical Officer
    Director of Case Management
    Clinical Documentation Specialist, Case Manager, Emergency Dept. Intensivist Which team is most appropriate to address this issue?
  • Question 449

    The cockpit of an airplane is a more complex example of a collection of instruments that reports information critical to successful air travel. The driver of a car or the pilot of an airplane monitors multiple indicators of performance simultaneously to arrive at the intended destination successfully. At any given point in the journey, the driver or pilot may focus on one indicator, but overall success depends on the collective performance of the systems represented by the indicators.
    This example depicts that dashboard tools that report on the ongoing performance of the critical processes that lead to:
  • Question 450

    Which of the following is a key component in establishing a comprehensive populationhealth management program?