Archive for month: July, 2021

Imagine this scenario: You are Moreno Medical Center’s chief operating officer. The planning committee has asked you to determine the degree to which the organization’s human resources, defined as clinical and administrative staff, contributes to the hospital’s mission and objectives.

 

Follow these instructions to learn about the organization’s human resources:

1. Navigate to Moreno Medical Center’s website.
2. Select the Human Resources tab.
3. Review the materials available on that tab’s dropdown menu, including:
4. Employee Benefits & Programs
5. Employee Files
6. Employee Health/Risk Management
7. Job Descriptions
8. Mission Statement and Goals
9. Organizational Charts

 

Analyze the hospital’s human resources function using only the material you reviewed. Do not create hypothetical documents or scenarios.

 

Create a  300 word template as if it was going to be added to a  Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that answers:

• How can health care organizations recruit personnel who align with the organizational culture and understand the importance of cultural fit?
• What incentive programs would be appropriate to recognize employees and strengthen retention?
• Which different leadership styles can executives use to cultivate a high performing team? Include specific skills and techniques.
• What social media guidelines are recommended to ensure compliance with regulatory mandates?

 

Include detailed speaker notes.

 

Cite at least 5 scholarly sources to support your responses.

 

Format your citations according to APA guidelines.

In this course “Risk Management in Complex Health Organizations” , you will engage your thoughts and abilities, and you will position yourself as a scholar, a practitioner, and a leader to advance your knowledge and personal academic agenda. Consider saving this assignment for future reference, because it serves as a critical program growth reflection. 

 

Create a reflective and applied statement in which you:

• Describe how the material from Weeks 1–4 (Risk Management, Professionalism and Compliance, Risk Management Effort Challenges, Addressing Deficiencies, Updating Compliance programs, Licensure Compliance remedies, Medical Malpractice) has affected your thought processes, development, and professional disposition.
• Reflect on your personal learning process (e.g., challenges, moments of discovery, life experiences, and interactions).
• Include questions for the course facilitator regarding material that may still be unclear.

 

Use this assignment as an opportunity throughout the course and the program to document your development as a scholar, practitioner, and leader, and to reflect critically on the changes that occur during this process.

 

Use APA Guidelines, intext citations and a reference page. 

Part I

Select 1 current health care or hospital risk management issue. 

Write a 300-word response to the following: 

• How is the risk management issue that you selected currently being addressed? 
• What risk management gaps exist in health care or hospital risk management? Based on industry literature, how would you address these gaps? 
• What strategies would you use to communicate the risk management gaps with leadership and the rest of the team?
• Include your own experience as well as two citations that align with or contradict your comments as sourced from peer-reviewed academic journals, industry publications, books, and/or other sources. Cite your sources using APA formatting. If you found contradicting information to what your experience tells you, explain why you agree or disagree with the research.

 Part II

Refer to pp. 164–242 of Book II, “The Aftermath of the Nebraska Outbreak,” of A Never Event.

Write a 300-word response to the following:

• Discuss the Nebraska Hospital Medical Liability Act (NHMLA), the Nebraska Excess Liability Fund (NELF), and medical malpractice laws. 
• Identify how medical malpractice laws protect providers.
• Discuss how medical malpractice laws impact a patient’s ability to receive compensation when there is proof of medical malpractice and resulting harm.  

 

 

Use the Framework for Conducting a Root Cause Analysis and Action Plan Template from the Joint Commission website as a model for creating your own Root Cause Analysis and Action Plan.

 

Based on your reading of A Never Event so far in this course, address the following:

• Complete all relevant sections of the sample template.
• Provide a rigorous and complete analysis of the case study presented in A Never Event.
• Clearly state your proposed plan of action for each representative section shown on the sample template.

Imagine this scenario: Peer customer assessment (PCA) rounds have received national recognition as a best practice. A company you’re currently working with conducts PCA rounds 6 times per month. During those rounds, the health care organization’s leadership visits 2 units to establish face-to-face connections with staff and patients. Those visits allow leadership to discuss the patient experience, resolve any issues that the patient has encountered during their care, check in with organization wide staff, observe staff as they practice patient-centered care, and improve systems. However, the leadership group at this company has expanded, and PCA rounds have now become too large to be effective. Due to that, leadership is seeking your recommendations for alternate activities to fulfill PCA objectives.

 

Write a 600-word executive summary. An executive summary is a way to pitch an idea or to summarize complex information for a leadership team or a committee. Executive summary templates are available in Microsoft® Word, or you can use an online resource, such as Canva. Refer to the Resources section below for executive summary examples.

 

Address the following in your executive summary:

• Recommend 3 appropriate alternate activities to fulfill PCA objectives.
• Explain your rationale for each of the 3 alternate activity recommendations that you provided.
• Create a measurable action plan that incorporates your 3 alternate activity recommendations.

 

As you complete the summary, consider opportunities to incorporate visuals (e.g., photo or table), especially if there were statistics or other vital information that could be communicated better visually.

 

Develop a title page that features a photo or is in the style of a report cover, as opposed to a formal APA-style paper title page.

 

Cite at least 3 scholarly references to support your recommendations.

 

Format your citations according to APA guidelines. Include In-text citations and a Reference page.