Question

I need to find a hospitals risk management plan/policies for a 1,000 word paper. How can I gain access to this information without currently working in a hospital? When I search online I just get results on risk managers and their position, and not any policies or plans.

Answer 1

#. Risk management plan :-

An organized effort to identify, assess, and reduce, where appropriate, risks to patients, visitors, staff and organizational assets.

Designed to reduce the incidents of preventable accidents and injuries to minize the financial loss to the institution should an injury or accident occur.

#. Four steps in risk plan are :-

1. risk identification

2. risk analysis

3. risk control/treatment

4. risk financing

3 Major Functions

Reduce risk of malpractice

Reduce probability of PCE (potentially compensable event)

Preserve assets once claim filed.

#. Types of Risk

Property Risk- structural, vehicle, theft, etc.

Casualty/Liability Risks - PCE APO work comp, etc.

Employee Benefits Risk - cost of benefit plans, disability claims, etc

#. Risk management tools :-

1. Incident Reporting

2. Occurrence Reporting

3. Occurrence Screening

Prompt identification of event needed. Systems to accomplish identification: incident reporting (events), occurrence reporting (list of specific occurrences i.e. sentiential events), occurrence screening (variations from normal procedure).

Risk identification Risc analysed • Incident reporting • Medical records audit . Clinical complaints analysis • Hospital discharge forms analysis . Data collection and integration interviews, focus groups, questionnaires, checklists, case study, qualitative observational research • Brainstorming, experts judgement • Proactive and reactive risk analysis methods FMEA, RCA, HAZOP, HACCP, SHERPA, PRA, human error analysis, barrier analysis • Risk classification, degrees of tolerance, significance, acceptability and prioritization Risk monitoring and control Risk treatment and response • Risk strategies: Avoid, transfer, mitigate and accept Politics and actions • Ensure the proper implementation of agreed responses and review their effectiveness • Identify new risks and monitoring changes

Risk Identification -- collection of information about past and current events

Risk Analysis - evaluation of past experience and current exposure to limit impact of risk.

Risk Control/Treatment - organizations response to signficiant risk areas to limit liability associated with events.

Risk Acceptance - risk that cannot be avoided