HSM 542

Scenario Summery The Joint Commission has recently visited Little Falls Hospital for its accreditation visit. Overall, the survey went well except for the standards related to the 2010 National Pat ient Safety Goals. The Joint Commission surveyors indicated that the hospital has not devoted enough resources and staff into achieving these goals. As the new risk manager, you are aware of the following issues: There is no specific plan on how Little Falls Hospital will address and achieve these goa...

HSM 542 Week 4 Discussion 1: Informed Consent Explore what is meant by informed consent from a legal perspective. What are the key elements that must … in order to obtain legal informed consent? An d why is this concept so important to patients, providers, and healthcare organizations? Show Less

HSM 542 Week 8 Final Exam (CO C) Discuss why it is important to have a patient complete an advanced directive upon admission to a hospital regardless of their age or health condition. Disc uss why so few patients have an advanced directive on file prior to being hospitalized and the legal implications if one is not completed before a medical procedure. List 2 situations where an advanced directive may be challenged on the basis of ethical OR legal reason. Your Answer: “[A] competent patient ha...

HSM 542 Week 7 Discussion 1: Healthcare Reform Based upon your learning in this course and your own personal and/or professional experiences, what are the essential reforms that must occur in the U .S. healthcare system in order to improve access, cost, and quality of care for all Americans? What does this legislation look like? Show Less

The Healthcare Cost Milieu Objective This Course Project gives you the opportunity to select a relevant healthcare topic with legal and/or ethical implications and analyze it in greater depth in a written format. The Research Paper should critically analyze the issues related to the topic within the context of the current healthcare environment. The PowerPoint presentation is a visual technology tool to support a live presentation to a specific group of stakeholders (e.g., leadership team, board...

Read the You Decide scenario in Week 6. You … by the hospital’s board of directors to prepare a risk management plan that will help to develop a culture of safety throughout Little Falls Hospital. The plan should address the National Patient Safety Goals and strategies to … implemented throughout the organization. Prepare a 750-word summary of the important components of the plan, the resources that are required to … implemented, and strategies to overcome some of the hospital’s defici...

HSM 542 Week 4 Discussion 2: Patient Self-Determination Act What are the key provisions of the Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)? Why was this legislation … and what were the goals? What must h ospitals and other healthcare providers do to ensure their compliance with PSDA? Show Less

(TCO G) You are the risk manager for a large hospital and recently have ……. a potential malpractice case for Dr. Johnson. The hospital CEO has asked you to assess whether the physician and hospita l are negligent in the care of the patient. Discuss and describe the elements you will be looking for to determine if negligence may have occurred. (TCO G) Negligence is defined as a failure to use ordinary or reasonable care, which leads to patient harm. In a healthcare setting, a charge of neglig...

HSM 542 Week 3 Discussion 2: New Reproductive Technologies Respond to a current advance in reproductive technology. Post a 1- to 2-minute multimedia piece recapping the news article and providing you r summary of the ethical and legal issues for providers, the parents, and the unborn child. In addition to posting your individual multimedia piece, you must comment on two other students’ posts. Multimedia technology does not need to be used in the replies, but you are always welcome to use it! R...

Read Issue 9 from Unit 3 in the Kaebnick textbook, “Should a Pregnant Woman … Punished for Exposing Her Fetus to Risk?” Assume that you are a healthcare administrator, and you find yourself deal ing with this exact issue regarding a patient giving birth in your facility. Prepare a 500-word paper, double-spaced and in APA style or another approved DeVry-Keller format or style, that presents the most important legal and ethical issues relevant to this topic from both perspectives. And then s...