NAHQ Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality Examination CPHQ Question # 174 Topic 18 Discussion
CPHQ Exam Topic 18 Question 174 Discussion:
Question #: 174
Topic #: 18
A recent analysis reveals that reimbursement projection is being negatively impacted by post-surgical respiratory failure rates. What is the first step to address this issue?
A.
Conduct a focus group with the anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists.
B.
Conduct focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) on the surgeons in the organization.
C.
Obtain a list of the patients identified by this code and conduct a retrospective review.
D.
Identify a team leader and facilitator to implement a quality improvement project.
A retrospective review of patients with post-surgical respiratory failure (C) identifies root causes, informing interventions. Focus groups (A), FPPE (B), and team identification (D) follow data analysis. NAHQ emphasizes data-driven root cause analysis as the first step.
NAHQ CPHQ Study Guide, Performance and Process Improvement Section, “Data Analysis for Quality Issues”; NAHQ CPHQ Practice Exam, Clinical Outcome Improvement.
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