Exam 2 Flashcards
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FMEA
Failure mode and effects analysis
NPSG
National Patient Safety Goals
SI/IS
Severity of illness/ Intensity of service
CPOE
Computerized provider order entry
HEDIS
Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set
MAR
Medication administration record
SARS
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
MDRO
Multiple Drug Resistant Organisms
MDS
Minimum Data Set
P4P
Pay for Performance
CDC
Centers for disease control and prevention
RCA
Root cause analysis
HAI
Healthcare associated infection
NCQA
National committee for quality assurance
Case Management
The principal process by which healthcare organizations optimize the continuum care for their patients
CAI
Community associated infection
Critical Pathways
A multidisciplinary outline of anticipated care within an appropriate time frame to aid a patient in moving progressively through a clinical experience that ends in a positive outcome. the case manager identifies, in conjunction with the treatment team, the actions to be taken when the patients care is not proceeding optimally.
Indicator
A performance measure that healthcare organizations use to monitor the outcomes of a process, also called a criterion.
4 Core Processes
- Assessing the patient’s needs
- Planning care, treatment, and services
- Providing care, treatment, and services
- Coordinating care, treatment, and services
National Patient Safety Goals
- Identify patient correctly
- Improve staff communication
- Use medicines safely
- Use alarms safely
- Prevent mistakes in surgery
- Prevent infection
- Prevent patients from falling (long-term care)
- Prevent bed sores (long-term care)
- Identify patient safety risks
Healthcare associated VS Community associated
HAI- infection occurring in a patient in a hospital or healthcare setting in whom the infection was not present or incubating at the time of admission, or it is the remainder of an infection acquired during a previous admission.
CAI- infection that was present in the patient before he or she was admitted to a healthcare facility.
Cause and effect/fishbone diagram
This technique structures the root-cause inquiry and ensures that the investigators examine the situation from all perspectives
4 M’s- manpower, material, machinery, and methods
Risk management function and goals
The risk manager leads the development of risk management policies and procedures for the organization. The risk manager also helps the organization define and prioritize its own self-assessed risk factors for the population it serves.
Incidence and occurrence reports
identify and respond to adverse events.
Never referred to . Written in progress note.