The Model for Improvement begins with three questions designed to clarify the following
concepts:
(A) Plan, do, act
(B) Mission, goal, strategy
(C) Aims, measures, changes
(D) Will, ideas, and execution - ✔✔(C) Aims
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The Model for Improvement begins with three questions designed to clarify the following
concepts:
(A) Plan, do, act
(B) Mission, goal, strategy
(C) Aims, measures, changes
(D) Will, ideas, and execution - ✔✔(C) Aims, measures, changes
An orthopedic clinic in a busy metropolitan area would like to improve its patient
scheduling process. More specifically, the clinic wants to improve its efficiency and the
satisfaction of its patients. Applying the Model for Improvement to the clinic's
improvement goal, which of the following is the most reasonable aim statement?
(A) Implement two PDSA cycles within six months of beginning the project.
(B) Increase the number of patients reporting they are "very satisfied" with the clinic's
scheduling by 50 percent within six months.
(C) Modify the scheduling process to allow both front desk staff AND nurses to directly
schedule appointments.
(D) Create an efficient process for scheduling return appointments at the time of
checkout. - ✔✔(B) Increase the number of patients reporting they are "very satisfied"
with the clinic's scheduling by 50 percent within six months.
After assembling a team and working through the three questions of the Model for
Improvement, the orthopedic clinic decides to implement an automated reminder phone
call 24 hours prior to each clinical appointment. The clinic's improvement team hopes
that this small change will improve scheduling.
What is the team's next step?
(A) Take a well-deserved break.
(B) Develop their project-level measures.
(C) Test their change plan using the PDSA cycle.
(D) Report their results to clinic leadership and prepare a poster for a national meeting. -
✔✔(C) Test their change plan using the PDSA cycle.
The orthopedic clinic plans the change to improve scheduling, and then it carries out a
small test of change with three patients on Tuesday morning. What's the next thing the
clinic's improvement team should do?
(A) Change their measures.
(B) Measure to see if the change led to improvement.
(C) Report their results to the clinic leadership and prepare a poster for a national
meeting
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