NAHQ NAHQ-CPHQ Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

NAHQ NAHQ-CPHQ Online Questions & Answers

• Question 281:

  Which of the following is a social determinant of health?

  A. Medical care access
  B. Genetics
  C. Ethnicity
  D. Family size
  A. Medical care access

• Question 282:

  A hand surgeon is referred for peer review for a case of a wrong-site surgery. Which of the following professionals would be the best choice as a member of the peer review committee?

  A. plastic surgeon with comparable training
  B. chief of surgery with general surgery experience
  C. quality Improvement coordinator with peer review experience
  D. physician assistant who routinely assists In hand surgeries
  A. plastic surgeon with comparable training

• Question 283:

  According to the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, which of the following is identified as one of the six aims for improvement?

  A. Low costs
  B. Population-centered
  C. Effective
  D. Coordinated
  C. Effective

• Question 284:

  A physician group with a patient population of 10,000 during the fourthquarter of a year reviewed 100 complaints regarding access to specialty care. During the fourth quarter of the next year, the patient population had grown to 60,000 with 360 complaints regarding access to specialty care. The group has a target goal of five complaints per 1,000 patients. Which of the following should a healthcare quality professional conclude based on the data?

  A. The rate of complaints has increased and has exceeded the target.
  B. The rate of complaints has decreased, and the target has been reached.
  C. The rate of complaints has increased, but remains within the target range.
  D. The rate of complaints has decreased, but the target has not been reached.
  D. The rate of complaints has decreased, but the target has not been reached.

• Question 285:

  Which of the following most effectively reduces medication errors?

  A. Shifting responsibility for medications to the patients
  B. Restricting drugs to the hospital formulary
  C. Using medications before their expiration date
  D. Implementing computerized prescribing orders
  D. Implementing computerized prescribing orders

• Question 286:

  Which of the following characteristics are most appropriate for a physician champion of healthcare quality?

  A. Credible member of medical staff and autocratic leadership style
  B. Popular member of medical staff and transactional leadership style
  C. Senior member of medical staff and democratic leadership style
  D. Respected member of medical staff and participatory leadership style
  D. Respected member of medical staff and participatory leadership style

• Question 287:

  A health system in an underserved area seeks to improve medication adherence in patients with hypertension. One of the barriers identified is patients with limited English proficiency. Which of the following solutions will best improve medication adherence?

  A. Use clinicians with shared language as interpreters.
  B. Use a telephonic interpreter service to communicate instructions.
  C. Provide written medication instructions in patients' preferred language.
  D. Implement an automatic refill program for hypertension medications.
  C. Provide written medication instructions in patients' preferred language.

• Question 288:

  A physician's profile shows a 4% readmission rate following outpatient gallbladder surgery, which Is significantly higher than the rate for their peers. What action should the quality professional take next?

  A. Report the surgeon to the medical board.
  B. Review the physician's privileges against the procedures performed.
  C. Compare the physician's readmission rate with peer physicians.
  D. Review a sample of recent individual cases of the physician's readmissions.
  D. Review a sample of recent individual cases of the physician's readmissions.

• Question 289:

  The upper and lower limits of a control chart are

  A. calculated from actual process measurements.
  B. calculated by projecting future requirements.
  C. derived from special cause variation.
  D. derived from external regulatory standards.
  A. calculated from actual process measurements.

• Question 290:

  Which of the following is an important characteristic of a performance indicator?

  A. time-limited
  B. process-oriented
  C. measurable
  D. outcome-oriented
  C. measurable