August 2026 CPHQ Prep Virtual Class (60000459)-Additional Resources

Additional Resources

Pdf Summary

This document is a study resource list for the CPHQ Domestic Handbook, organized by exam modules and focused on healthcare quality, safety, improvement, and analytics. It highlights key references and tools for each domain.<br /><br />Module 1 covers quality leadership and integration, including the Kirkpatrick Model of Evaluation and clinical practice guideline development. Module 2 focuses on quality review and accountability, with emphasis on value-based care, CMS’s Quality Payment Program, Baldrige self-assessment, Leapfrog’s patient safety and transparency role, and CMS value-based programs. Module 3 addresses regulatory and accreditation topics, especially Joint Commission deemed status and its relationship to CMS requirements.<br /><br />Module 4 centers on patient safety and includes the IHI Patient Safety Essentials Toolkit, patient safety culture surveys, AHRQ Patient Safety Organization resources, the VA National Center for Patient Safety, FPPE/OPPE evaluations, FMEA, RCA2, and high reliability concepts.<br /><br />Module 5 covers performance and process improvement, listing systems thinking, Kaizen, Poka-Yoke, cause-and-effect diagrams, Kotter’s change model, force-field analysis, project prioritization, quality improvement toolkits, Gantt charts, role clarity tools like RASCI, and interrelationship diagrams.<br /><br />Module 6 addresses health data analytics, including run charts, Pareto charts, histograms, scatter diagrams, control charts, confidence intervals, sample size, severity- and risk-adjusted data, attribute charts, and statistical significance.<br /><br />Module 7 focuses on population health and care transitions, emphasizing the Triple Aim and Quadruple Aim, population health management, and appropriate control charts for variable and attribute data.<br /><br />Overall, the handbook is a practical roadmap for CPHQ exam preparation, linking foundational quality concepts to widely used healthcare frameworks, tools, and measurement methods.

Keywords

CPHQ

healthcare quality

patient safety

quality improvement

regulatory accreditation

health data analytics

population health

CMS Quality Payment Program

Joint Commission

IHI toolkit