Part 13

Question 1

Which of the following is a tool that provides significant data about a physician’s performance to the credentials committee to make decisions about reappointment to the medical staff?

A. Physician performance evaluation
B. Medical staff bylaws
C. National practitioners data bank
D. Post-training assessment

Answer 1

Physician performance evaluation

Question 2

Monitoring patient infection rates can be used to measure the effectiveness of hospital staff. This type of indicator would be considered an _________.

A. Employee measure
B. Process Measure
C. Human resource measure
D. Clinical care

Answer 2

Clinical care

Question 3

At the core of staffing effectiveness is:

A. The comptence and skill mix of employees are related to how sick the patient population is
B. The member of employees as correlated with nursing staff within a hospital or clinic
C. The ratio of physicians that can serve within different services lines within the facility.
D. The total number of patients that can be served by the hospital or clinic

Answer 3

The comptence and skill mix of employees are related to how sick the patient population is

Question 4

TRUE/FALSE: According to the standards regarding staffing effectiveness, a minimum of two inpatient care areas must monitor staffing effectiveness and there must be at least two clinical measures and two Human Resource indicators for each patient population

Answer 4

TRUE

Question 5

All the following are examples of facility retention strategies, EXCEPT:

A. A high staff turn over ratio
B. Profit sharing programs
C. Professional education
D. Tution reimbursement

Answer 5

A high staff turn over ratio