NAHQ CPHQ Question Answer
A hospital’s Quality Council prioritized four quality improvement initiatives using the following matrix:
Initiative
Strategic Alignment
Patient Impact
Risk to Patient
Reduce patient falls by 10%
100
20
60
Reduce wrong-site surgeries to zero
90
60
90
Reduce medication dispensing time by 20%
90
80
30
Reduce central line infections by 30%
40
90
90
Which initiative should be the highest priority?

