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Principal causes of errors in health-care delivery include process variations and lack of or inconsistent use of protocols developed using evidence based medicine.  Error elimination comes from creating an environment in which management ensures safety systems are in place, identifies gaps between actual and desired performance, ...

Which of the following is not a step in medical quality> A. Structure B. Process C. People D. Outcome   Answer: C People. Source : page 6 of the Fundamentals of Quality Management.

Standardized data definitions are important for the development of clinical data depositories and electronic sharing of information among components of an integrated health delivery system to allow understanding, comparisons and benchmarking among users.  Without standard data definitions, HCOs aren't comparing "apples to ...

Potential Advantages of outsourcing do not include which of the following:            A. Staffing reductions            B. Smaller capital investment            C. More ...

Mission – why the organization is in businessVision – where the organization wants to go and becomeTo be successful the values of the culture must support the mission and vision. We should do ethics audits to ensure culture supports the values.We should do ethics audits to ensure culture supports the values.

The moral philosophy of utilitarianism means which of the following: A) Practing the Golden Rule B) Do good and avoid evil C) The End Justifies the Means D) The Liberty principle   Answer: C Source: audio presentation  

Top down is when upper management hands down budget projections for volume, revenue and expenses to the operating units. Bottom up is when these forecasts are developed by front line management with approval of upper management. While top down assumes upper management is in best position to objectively view the future, bottom up will ensure better ...

Profitability ratios do not include which of the following ratios: A) Operating margin B) Days in AR C) Total margin D) Return on Net Assets   Answer: B which is a measure of liquidity not profit. Source: Powerpoint Presentation Part 1

Candidate 1 - Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII - gender discrimination Candidate 2 - Americans with Disabilities Act for reasonable accommodation Candidate 3 - no violation. Drug screenings are allowed.

The Supreme Court Ruling (AHA v. NLRB) upheld NLRB determination that there could be up to ___ bargaining units permissible in healthcare institutions.  A.) 5  B.) 7  C.) 8  D.) 9   Answer: 8 Source: Powerpoint slides part 2.