Quality Resource Guide l Avoiding Errors in Dental Practice 1st Edition 10 www.metdental.com POST-TEST Internet Users: This page is intended to assist you in fast and accurate testing when completing the “Online Exam.” We suggest reviewing the questions and then circling your answers on this page prior to completing the online exam. (1.0 CE Credit Contact Hour) Please circle the correct answer. 70% equals passing grade. 1. An adverse event in health care is an incident in which a patient is harmed due to an underlying disease rather than from medical care. a. True b. False 2. Which of the following best describes the systems approach to patient safety? a. Individual providers are primarily to blame for errors that lead to patient harm. b. Underlying systems of care should be studied and changed in order to reduce the occurrence of errors or minimize their impact on patients. c. Patients underlying health conditions are ultimately responsible for patient safety issues. 3. Assessing the safety culture in a dental clinic can be best achieved by: a. Conducting triggered chart reviews b. Administering a culture survey to providers and staff c. Using a clinical decision support system d. Becoming a learning health system 4. Audit and feedback can be best described as: a. Using computerized decision support to provide actionable information at the point of care b. Providing a summary of a dentist’s quality or safety data in order to encourage change c. A checklist to prevent wrong tooth extractions d. A dentist completing a survey reporting on how they perceive the culture in their clinic 5. Random chart reviews are more efficient to detect adverse events than the use of triggered chart reviews? a. True b. False 6. The structured process to identify potential contributing factors or underlying causes associated with an adverse event is called: a. Root cause analysis b. Triggered chart reviews c. Clinical decision support d. Audit and feedback 7. Which of the following is not features of checklists to help avoid patient harm? a. Aids memory b. Requires a computer to execute c. Provides a step-by-step set of actions to complete d. Confirm that specific actions have been accomplished 8. The RAPiD (Reducing Antibiotic Prescribing in Dentistry) clinical trial provided general dentists with individualized graphical feedback of their antibiotic (ABx) prescribing rate along with a comparison of other dentists prescribing rates. This is an example of: a. Audit and feedback b. Random chart reviews c. Triggered chart reviews d. Point of care clinical decision support 9. The use of electronic health records is an essential building block of a Learning Health System. a. True b. False 10. A near miss is best defined as a. A circumstance, action or influence that is thought to have played a part in the origin or development of an incident or to increase the risk of an incident b. The probability that an incident will occur c. An incident that did not reach the patient d. An incident that reached a patient, but no discernable harm resulted