The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed a ...

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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed a set of categories of desirable attributes of a quality indicator. The categories include (select all that apply):
 
  a. feasibility.
  b. efficiency.
  c. importance.
  d. cost effectiveness.
  e. scientific soundness.

Question 2

The hospital's regulatory department is experiencing a Joint Commission survey. The surveyors want to review hospital policies for infection control before they leave for the evening.
 
  The reg-ulatory team leader states that she can stay past her regular hours to wait for them and acknowl-edges that there will be a need for a policy change before the surveyors return the following day. All of the department managers stay to assist the regulatory team leader with the required docu-mentation. This is an example of a: a. work group.
  b. committee.
  c. true team.
  d. group.

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Answer to Question 1

A, C, E
Recently, the AHRQ developed a set of three broad categories of desirable attributes of a quality indicator: (1) importance; (2) scientific soundness, including clinical logic and measurement properties; and (3) feasibility.

Answer to Question 2

C
A true team is a group where there are collective work products. There is group as well as indi-vidual accountability. If one member is having a problem, it is not only that person's problem but that of the whole team to resolve.