HLT 308V Risk Management and Health Care Regulations (HLT 308V Risk Management And Health Care Regulations)

Mandatory Influenza Vaccinations in the Healthcare Setting 2 Mandatory Influenza Vaccinations in the Healthcare Setting For professionals working in the healthcare industry, there is a duty to provide safe, efficient, quality of care to protect, and promote the wellbeing, and the welfare of the general public, and promoting optimum health. Undeniably, Healthcare workers are exposed to many blood-borne pathogens, infections, and communicable diseases; such as, the influenza virus strain. H...

Description: The purpose of this assignment is to analyze how an organization's quality and improvement processes contribute to its risk management program. This assignment builds on the Risk Management Program Analysis – Part One assignment you completed in Topic 1 of this course. Assume that the sample risk management program you analyzed in Topic 1 was implemented and is now currently in use by your health care employer/organization. Further assume that your supervisor has asked you to c...

Description: The purpose of this assignment is to create an educational program that supports the implementation of risk management strategies in a health care organization. In this assignment, you will develop an outline for an "in service" style educational risk management program for employees of a particular health care organization that will then form the basis for a PowerPoint presentation in Topic 5. Select your topic for this educational session from one of the proposed recommendation...

Thesis Managed Care Organizations(MCO’s) have a complex role with Risk Management, Quality and Compliance that can have direct legal and financial consequences. It is important for MCO’s be diligent in their evaluation of their legal risk.

Topic 4 Discussion Question 2 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), and the Joint Commission (JC) require that health care organizations maintain risk management programs to address infection control. Detail three measures that your health care organization (or any health care organization) could implement, beyond what is currently in practice, to support the delivery of safe health care services and avoid the spread of i...

Topic 1 Discussion Question 2 Briefly describe how the risk management program at the organization where you work (or at that of a typical health care organization) addresses social media and patient information privacy. Provide three examples of risk management steps your health care organization (or another health care organization) could take to further protect patient information. Support your analysis with a minimum of one peer-reviewed reference.

Topic 1 Discussion Question 1 Explain the role of accreditation in mitigating risk compliance issues. Provide an example of a health care organization that was placed on probation by its accrediting body or by CMS within the last 3 years for a risk compliance issue. What caused the probation or loss of accreditation and how could it have been prevented?

Topic 5 Discussion Question 1 Health care organizations continually face challenges from various regulatory and government agencies while also being bound by Managed Care Organization (MCO) standards. View the video located in the study materials entitled "College of Nursing and Health Care Professions: Do We Know What Our Future Is?" for insight into the challenges of health care reform. Based on the video, describe two key reform factors that you believe will need to be addressed by future ...

Topic 3 Discussion Question 2 The Center for Medicine and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a list of health care-acquired conditions (HACs) that reasonably could have been prevented through the application of risk management strategies. What actions has your health care organization (or health care organizations in general) implemented to manage or prevent these "never events" from happening within their health care facilities? Support your response with two peer-reviewed articles.

Topic 3 Discussion Question 1 The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) was implemented to allow patients to state “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNS), or to assign a surrogate decision maker in the event the individual is unable to make the decision. What relationship does an ethics committee have in enforcing the advance directives of the patients in their care? Support your analysis with one peer-reviewed article.