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In collaboration with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, which of the following programs did AHRQ develop to improve patient safety in hospital setting?

ANSWER: B. Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Protocol (CUSP)

Patient Action and Response Methods (PARM)

Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Protocol (CUSP)

Reducing Errors and Accidental Deaths (READ)

Protocol for Ensuring Patient Safety in Inpatient Settings (PEPSI)

TeamSTEPPS 3.0 requires clearly defined and appropriate team structure and the use of four teachable-learnable skills. Which of the following is NOT one of the four?

ANSWER: E. NONE of the above

Trick Question! The correct answer is none.

Each of the answers is correct and makes up the four “teachable learned skills in TeamSTEPPS 3.0.

Communication

Team Leadership

Situation Monitoring

Mutual Support

None of the above

According to a September 2024 report, the number of sepsis-related inpatient stays at non-federal acute care hospitals in the United States increased from 1.8 million in 2016 to what number in 2021?

ANSWER: A. 2.5 million

2.5 million

4 million

1 million

2 million

Which of the following statements best describes the mission of the National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety?

ANSWER: B. To address harm across all populations and settings, ensuring safe care for patients, caregivers, and the healthcare workforce.

To address harm across all populations and settings, ensuring safe care for patients, caregivers, and the healthcare workforce. The National Action Alliance takes a comprehensive approach to enhancing safety in healthcare environments.

To focus solely on improving healthcare technology.

To address harm across all populations and settings, ensuring safe care for patients, caregivers, and the healthcare workforce.

To eliminate all healthcare costs associated with patient care.

To provide individual patient assessments for safety improvements.

AHRQ’s patient resources, “Questions Are the Answer” and the QuestionBuilder” App in English and Spanish are based on:

ANSWER: A. Patient safety research projects

“Questions Are the Answer” and the “QuestionBuilder” app were developed based on findings from dozens of patient safety research projects conducted by AHRQ in the early 2000s.

Patient safety research projects

Surveys of physicians and nurses

Consumer education campaigns

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