The Role Risk Management Plays at a Nursing Home Stephanie Creech HCS/451 March 26, 2012 Kristen Hauck The Role Risk Management Plays at a Nursing Home In April 2009 a jury awarded a $6.5 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit against a nursing home; the cause of death was lack of water. Perhaps, if the nursing home had an effective risk management team this may not have happened. As one can see risk management is important in any field including healthcare. The role risk management plays in healthcare is important, because controlling risk can mean more resources are available, and a higher quality of care can be achieved. Risk management is the process of identifying, assessing, and prioritizing, risks of all kinds (whatisriskmangement.net, 2011).
Unfortunately, for particularly the past six months, the center has seemed to be lacking success with upholding their mission. The case study of Steve Jackson and the KMHC is focused on the plans to address the issues in the broader community in order to better achieve the center’s mission. The plan began to take place after tragic news of two recent deaths in the community within a month. Both events involved past clients of the Kirkpatrick Mental Health Center. Simon, a client that was
The constraint(s) and Assumption(s) are the result of a collaborative effort with stakeholder(s), requirements workshop attendees, and assessment of the project scope and gap statements. Risk Management Important considerations and any risk factors we may want to include will be added in this section The following questions will assist in identifying the risks associated with this project: • Project schedule • Cost overruns • Changes to key individuals associated with the project • On time, on budget • Use of unproven technology • The mix of custom and packaged software and it’s
Before making a decision, the manager will consider the task in hand, the people involved and those who will be affected (such as customers). Various internal and external factors may also affect the choice of leadership style used. Internal factors include the levels of skill that employees have. Large teams may have members with varying levels of skill. This may require the team manager to adopt a more tell style, providing clear communication so that everyone knows what to do to achieve KPI success.
The analysis below is designed to assess the current operations at the hospital, in addition to explaining our recommendation that Shouldice should invest $4MM in a new unit, which will increase bed capacity by 50% and require its surgeons to perform Saturday surgeries. As the financial analysis shows, this change will allow Shouldice to capture unmet demand without compromising its unique system of patient and employee care. Lastly, our recommendation will be also juxtaposed to other options we evaluated as potential solutions, but that neither make financial sense nor solve the current dilemma for the hospital. Hospital Overview Shouldice Hospital is a “focused factory:” a hospital with a specific area of expertise that gives it competitive strength resulting in lower cost, higher quality service for its patients, and better pay for and loyalty from its employees. Specializing in external abdominal hernias, Shouldice doctors execute the “Shouldice Technique” developed by founder Dr. Edward Earle Shouldice.
Joint Commission Safety Goals in the Hospital Joint Commission Safety Goals in the Hospital The Joint Commission is an organization that audits, accredits, and certifies health care organizations in the United States. The main purpose of this commission is to ensure the safety of the patients in these facilities and improve health care delivered to the public. To fulfill its purpose, the Joint Commission issues safety goals for the prevention of medical errors in healthcare organizations. Two of the safety goals for hospitals are: identifying patients correctly, and using medications safely (“National Patient,” 2011). An Institute of Medicine report estimates that medical errors cost the nation 17 billion dollars in preventable medical errors each year (“A Guide,” 2011).
I am proposing implementing such a program in your hospital. I realize cost and risk are important concerns to consider before taking on such a program, however I believe the research and suggestions you will find in my report will show how easy such a program will be to set in motion. Thanks in advance for taking the time to review my proposal, and for your consideration. Respectfully, Therapy Pet Program Proposal Prepared for November 4, 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract3 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………4Benefits………………...…………………………………………………………………………4 Questionnaire Results……………………………………...……………………...………………5 Starting A Program..………………………………………………………………………………6 Patient Eligibility……………………………………………………………………………….....7 Contraindications………………………………………………………………………..………..7 Risks……………………………………………………………………………………………....8 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………...9 References………………………………………………………………………………………..11 ABSTRACT Therapy pet programs have been implemented in thousands of healthcare facilities all over the world. These programs have proven to have immeasurable benefits on patients of all ages and with many different types of illnesses.
There are many different theories and models of professional supervision. The more I know about them and how they work the more tools I will have to enable me to do my job. One theory is transactional analysis, although not the most used for supervision I feel this can work well with my teams and enables them to understand ego’s and transactions enabling staff to self supervise and self monitor how they may be with service users. Supervision can support professional learning and development, it can also relate to monitoring, maintaining standards, and improving performance as part of effective clinical governance. Because the supervisor’s role may require working with new staff on complex, sensitive or other problems, conversations with new staff new to transactional analysis may be challenging or difficult.
It is essential to inform people of changes and why these changes are happening as when you are aware of why something is being altered you are much more likely to accept it. * Conflicting Roles; at times we may have to do tasks that are not normally in our job descriptions and this can often be seen as ‘treading on someone’s toes’ causing conflict and power struggles. To prevent this sort of conflict it needs to be explained to each individual why tasks have been given to other people to complete. Doing this
The key is defining the right competencies and behaviors beforehand so that the exercises will facilitate the relevant behavior. Bench marking existing employees who are regarded as above average performers is one way of doing this, but for a start up operation it is a bit more difficult and requires more research and planning to identify the right skills. It then becomes a matter of designing exercises that will measure a number of different candidates objectively against the same criteria. Employability or genetic skills such as communication, teamwork, initiative, customer focus, influencing and negotiating, technology skills and leadership would be assessed along with specific job role skills. All attendees