Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality Examination (CPHQ) - NAHQ Exam Questions

An organization with a focus on population health may use data to

A quality professional noted that the medication error rate in a specialty clinic has been steadily increasing over the past 4 months and was now above the acceptable threshold. The clinic used a bar coding system that required the medication to be scanned prior to administration. When this occurred, pop-up screens on the computer asked the clinician a series of questions intended to ensure the correct medication and dose was being given to the correct patient. The equipment and medications used were the same, and the bar coding system had been in place for 14 months. Which of the following is most likely to be the root cause of the increased medication errors?

The data below shows 30-day readmission rates for heart failure patients by the primary language
spoken and by gender with 95% confidence intervals in parentheses. Which group should be the
priority target for reducing disparities in readmission rates?

A healthcare quality professional identifies a statistically significant difference in uncontrolled hypertension between its African American and Caucasian populations. What is the next best step?

To determine the success of a transfusion quality improvement project, a healthcare quality professional should: