Define healthcare quality

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Questions:

1. How would you define healthcare quality?

2. What does the HCAHPS survey purport to do?

3. William Kissick's "Iron Triangle" attempted to define the relationship between three dimensions of healthcare. What are the three dimensions?

4. What are the goals of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's "Triple Aim"?

5. A 2016 Johns Hopkins University study suggested that deaths attributable to medical errors exceed 250,000 a year. Where would this cause of death rank in the CDC's leading causes of death if it were included as such? (You may have to do quick search of the CDC's leading causes of death.)

6. What aspects of power among providers, patients, and family members affect healthcare outcomes? What is a sentinel event?

7. According to The Joint Commission, what were the top three sentinel events in 2017?

8. What are "never events"?

9. What percentage of commercial payments to hospitals include a quality component?

10. As of 2017, how many Americans were uninsured?

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