HLT 308V Grand Canyon University Healthcare Organizational Risk Management Discussion.docx
1. HLT 308V Grand Canyon University Healthcare Organizational Risk
Management Discussion
HLT 308V Grand Canyon University Healthcare Organizational Risk Management
DiscussionHLT 308V Grand Canyon University Healthcare Organizational Risk Management
DiscussionWEEK 4DISCUSSION QUESTION AND ASSIGNMENT PAPERDUE THURSDAY
OCTOBER 1ST 2020DQ#2.: OSHA, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS),
and the Joint Commission (JC) all require health care institutions to have risk management
programs in place to handle infection control. Outline three additional actions that your
health care organization (or any health care organization) could implement to promote the
delivery of safe health care services and prevent the spread of illness (e.g., placing hand
washing devices at all of the public entrances of the health care facility). Support your
response with a minimum of two peer-reviewed references.ORDER HERE FOR ORIGINAL,
PLAGIARISM-FREE PAPERSAssignment paper: Organizational Risk Management
InterviewThe purpose of this assignment is to gain real-world insight into how risk
management programs operate within health care organizations. You may fabricate an
interview if you cannot find a Healthcare Organization Risk Manager person to
interview.Choose a local health care organization (Houston, Texas) where you can conduct
an interview with a risk management staffer. This organization could be your current
workplace or another health care facility in your area. Acute care, urgent care, big
multiprovider private medical clinics, assisted living facilities, and community/public health
clinical facilities are all excellent choices for meeting the assignment’s needs. Select an
individual (or fabricate one) who can provide sufficient information regarding how their
organization manages risk within its facility to answer the questions below.In your
interview, address the following:Risk management strategies used in the organization’s risk
control program, along with specific examples.How the facility’s educational risk
management program addresses key professional, legal, and ethical issues, such as
prevention of negligence, malpractice litigation, and vicarious liability.Policies the facility
has implemented that address how to manage emergency triage in high‐risk areas of health
care service delivery (e.g., narcotics inventories, declared pregnancy policies, blood-borne
disease sector, etc.).Challenges the organization faces in managing and controlling high-risk
health care (e.g., infectious diseases, nuclear medicine, abortion, class 4 narcotics/opioids,
etc.).Strategies the facility utilizes to monitor, evaluate, and maintain compliance within its
risk management program.After conducting the interview, compose a 750‐1,000 word
2. summary analysis of the interview that includes the questions above, in conjunction with
the interviewee’s responses. In addition, include the following elements in your
response:An assessment of the organization’s risk management program, including how it
attends to high-risk health care and legal concerns.Action steps you would take to improve
one area of the organization’s risk management program, along with your rationale for
doing so.Cite appropriate references as needed to support your statements and
rationale. Minimum x3 sources.Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in
the APA Style, Times Roman style 12 size font.SEE RUBRICS DOCUMENT FOR REQUIRED
Strategies Used in the Risk Control Program(10% of grade out of 100%)Risk management
strategies used in the risk control program are comprehensive. The submissionincorporates
analysis of supporting evidence insightfully and provides specific examples with
nagement Program Addresses
Key Professional, Legal, and Ethical Issues(10%)A description of how the risk management
program addresses key professional, legal, and ethical issues iscomprehensive, supported
by detailed, relevant examples. Level of detail is
Emergency Triage in High-Risk Areas of Health Care Service Delivery (10%)An explanation
of the facility policies for managing emergency triage in high-risk areas of health
careservice delivery is present and comprehensive. The submission incorporates analysis of
supportingevidence insightfully and provides specific examples with relevance. Level of
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Risk Health Care (10%)A comprehensive description of the challenges the organization
faces in managing and controlling high-risk health care is provided. The submission
incorporates analysis of supporting evidence insightfully andprovides specific examples
with relevance. Level of
Maintain Its Risk Management Program (10%)A description of the strategies the facility
utilizes to monitor and maintain its risk management program iscomprehensive. The
submission incorporates analysis of supporting evidence insightfully and providesspecific
Management Program Inclusive of Health and Legal Concerns (15%)An assessment of the
risk management program inclusive of high-risk health care and legal concerns
iscomprehensive. The submission incorporates analysis of supporting evidence insightfully
Action Steps to Improve the Risk Management Program Inclusive of Rationale (10%)An
inventory of the proposed action steps to improve the risk management program inclusive
of rationaleis comprehensive. The submission incorporates analysis of supporting evidence
insightful
Thesis Development and Purpose (5%)Thesis is comprehensive and contains the essence of
Construction (5%)Clear and convincing argument presents a persuasive claim in a
(includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use) (5%)Writer is clearly in command
of
3. (citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., as appropriate to assignment and style)
(5%)Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and
style, and format is free of error.