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Cooldude101

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The patient develops postoperative pneumonia when the physician fails to order respiratory therapy treatments after surgery. Which type of quality problem does this situation most clearly represent?
 
  1. Misuse
  2. Error of planning
  3. Underuse
  4. Error of benefit

Question 2

A committee has been formed to organize the celebration of the hospital's 50th anniversary. The committee will meet for one year. What type of committee is this? Select all that apply.
 
  1. Focus
  2. Task force
  3. Ad hoc
  4. Service
  5. Standing



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Answer to Question 1

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Explanation: 1. Misuse is an unavoidable complication that prevents patients from receiving full potential benefit of a service.
2. This could possibly be an error in planning, but there is no indication that the physician did not plan to order the treatments. It most clearly represents underuse.
3. This is most clearly an underuse problem or failure to provide a service that would have produced a favorable outcome for the patient.
4. This is not one of the types of error discussed in the text.

Answer to Question 2

2, 3
Explanation: 1. This is not a name for this type of committee that was discussed in the textbook.
2. These short-term but official committees are called task forces or ad hoc committees.
3. These short-term but official committees are called task forces or ad hoc committees.
4. This is not a name for this type of committee that was discussed in the textbook.
5. Standing committees are committees that meet regularly and have no identified time for disbanding.



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