A Quality Improvement Team Is Focusing on the Unacceptable Number

question 1

Multiple Choice

A quality improvement team is focusing on the unacceptable number of unsigned doctors' order sin your facility. The most effective method for increasing the timelines of signatures on orders and positively impacting the patient care process would be

• A) performing a retrospective review where all orders can be flagged at one time.
• B) holding a printed order sheet on the medical care unit at least 24 hours post discharge to give the physician time to sign.
• C) developing an open-record review process.
• D) devising a signature sheet for the attending physician to sign prospectively that will apply to all orders given during the current episode of his patient's care.

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Recognize the effects of Federal Reserve Board's policies on economic activity and inflation.

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Definitions:

Confirmation Bias

The inclination to seek out, understand, prefer, and remember information in a manner that validates one's existing beliefs or theories.

Cognitive Error

Faulty thinking patterns that lead to misinterpretation of experiences or interactions.

Illusory Correlation

The cognitive mistake of perceiving a relationship between two variables even when none exists.

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, and remember information in a way that confirms one’s preconceptions or hypotheses.