Elements of Risk Management Program The safety and security concerns of healthcare facilities are complex and dependent on the accountability of both the leadership as well as all employees of the organization. Healthcare organizations must continually assess for risks, allocate resources, define policies and procedures and monitor the effectiveness of these processes to ensure a safe and secure environment (Kaveler & Alexander, 2014). The purpose of this paper is to explore the elements of a risk management program within a healthcare facility by outlining the six techniques for managing safety and security risks and demonstrating how this type of assessment would apply to a managed care organization in the area of workplace violence and information technology. In addition, explanation will be provided on how the compliance program at the author’s place of employment ensures the initial and ongoing training of employees, establishment of policies and procedures and provides evaluation of these risks. Techniques for Managing Safety and Security Risk To understand the best method for assessing safety and security risks it is important to understand the differences between the two. Kavaler & Alexander (2014) explain safety as principles that are applicable across an entire organization whereas security is site specific. Regulatory and accreditation organizations such as the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, a state’s Department of Health and The Joint Commission, require healthcare organizations to maintain levels of safety and security that are deemed to be compliant with standards set forth by their jurisdiction. There are six techniques for assessing the risk of compliance with safety and security regulations in... ... middle of paper ... ...on of the organization in the event of a systems outage. Every department is required to participate in the testing with senior leadership giving acceptance approval of the process. Conclusion Every health care organization is subject to risks that impact the safety and security of patients or the organization. Techniques to assess the threat to the organization and allow for the development and prioritization of strategies to mitigate any risks. Managed care organizations such as the one the writer works for, have areas of concern for the safety of those associates who engage with patients in the community as well as the protection and security needs of information technology. Appropriate assessment of these risks allow for the development of policies and procedures, associate training, evaluation and adjustments in corrective actions that may be needed.
The Healthy Body Wellness Center requires an Information Security Management System (ISMS), in order to implement a plan to maintain and audit the company 's information system security objectives. This necessitated outlining the scope of the ISMS plan as well as an evaluation of the risk assessment conducted by We Test Everything LLC (WTE). We Test Everything LLC was contracted by the Healthy Body Wellness Center 's (HBWC) Office of Grants Giveaway (OGG) to provide a risk assessment of the Small Hospital Grant Tracking System (SHGTS).
In our organization we have had many revisions to our safety process. Originally, it was at our hospital that the 1996 well known “Willy King” incident, about the amputation of the “wrong” leg occurred. As a response to the incident, we were required to develop a root-cause-analysis and develop a plan to avoid similar situations in the future. We were one of the first hospitals to establish a “safety process” in the surgical environment. Through inter-disciplinary collaborati...
Creating a Culture of Safety. A culture of safety includes psychological safety, active leadership, transparency, and fairness. As a health care professional, I can create a culture of safety by having a positive attitude and creating an environment within the team that feeds off that optimistic and encouraging behavior. In addition, I can contribute to a culture of safety by using effective communication, the “Fairness Algorithm” to differentiate between system error and unsafe behaviors, and by being respectful and approachable to all my fellow coworkers and patients.
The Security Rule of the HIPAA law affects technology the most in a Healthcare or Human Service organization. The Security Rule deals specifically with Electronic Protected Health Information (EPHI). The EPHI has three types of security safeguards that are mandatory to meet compliance with HIPAA regulations. Administrative, physical, and technical. There is constant concern of different kinds of devices and tools because of their vulnerability: laptops; personal computers of the home; library and public workstations; USB Flash Drives and email, to name a few. These items are easily accessible for those attempting to breach security. Workers of the healthcare area have complet...
... of potential threats such as unauthorized access of the patient information. Health care leaders must always remind their employees that casual review for personal interest of patients ' protected health information is unacceptable and against the law just like what happened in the UCLA health systems case (Fiske, 2011). Health care organizations need clear policies and procedures to prevent, detect, contain, and correct security violations. Through policies and procedures, entities covered under HIPAA must reasonably restrict access to patient information to only those employees with a valid reason to view the information and must sanction any employee who is found to have violated these policies.In addition, it is critical that health care organizations should implement awareness and training programs for all members of its workforce (Wager, Lee, & Glaser, 2013).
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The rate of errors and situations are seen as chances for improvement. A great degree of preventable adversative events and medical faults happen. They cause injury to patients and their loved ones. Events are possibly able to occur in all types of settings. Innovations and strategies have been created to identify hazards to progress patient and staff safety. Nurses are dominant to providing an atmosphere and values of safety. As an outcome, nurses are becoming safety leaders in the healthcare environment(Utrich&Kear,
... security measures include using: employee photo identification badges guard services individually coded card keys for restricted access to certain buildings or departments visitor registering If resources are limited, organizations might consider contracting with outside security firms. In the absence of government regulations, companies have legal responsibilities concerning the safety of their employees and customers. Under traditional concepts of premises liability, there is a developing trend in the law by which a property owner may be liable for criminal acts that occur on his or her property. Companies may be held responsible for the violence inflicted upon their employees or patrons by an employee or third party. If the company has knowledge of a defective condition on its property which threatens the safety of others, it has a duty to correct the problem.
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It is right of a patient to be safe at health care organization. Patient comes to the hospital for the treatment not to get another disease. Patient safety is the most important issue for health care organizations. Patient safety events cost of thousands of deaths and millions of dollars an-nually. Even though the awareness of patient safety is spreading worldwide but still we have to accomplish many things to achieve safe environment for patients in the hospitals. Proper admin-istrative changes are required to keep health care organization safe. We need organizational changes, effective leadership, strong health care policies and effective health care laws to make patients safer.
Hospital security assessment is a security process for identifications of gaps or weaknesses in a particular venue that can be subjugated by threats or intimidation to gain unauthorized entry or manipulation. Although healthcare/hospital security managers have enhanced and improved threat assessments regarding natural disasters, assaults on staff and avian flu, robbery cases related to infant abduction have been rampant in most of the hospitals. Infant abduction has resulted from the lack of security personnel patrols in areas that are vulnerable to abduction in the hospital. An effective hospital security assessment ensures life safety and protection of healthcare assets. The exploitation of potential weaknesses in functioning processes and
No firm can be a success without some form of risk management. Risk are the uncertainty in investments requiring an assessment. Risk assessment is a structured and systematic procedure, which is dependent upon the correct identification of hazards and an appropriate assessment of risks arising from them, with a view to making inter-risk comparisons for purposes of their control and avoidance (Nikolić and Ružić-Dimitrijevi, 2009). ERM is a practice that firms implement to manage risks and provide opportunities. ERM is a framework of identifying, evaluating, responding, and monitoring risks that hinder a firm’s objectives. The following paper is a comparison and evaluation to recommended practices for risk manage using article “Risk Leverage
The Emergency Department is an interesting place especially for individuals who happen to work there. It is a fast-paced environment and presents a variety of situations of which require immediate, accurate, and most importantly, safe care. For some, the thought of working in an emergency department is an unpleasant one, but for those who thrive in fast-paced and often exciting environments it can be the optimal job description. However, it is imperative for those who work in emergency departments to be aware of the hazards and potential risks that evolve in that specific environment. This paper focuses on those risks by examining specific hazards that occur in emergency departments and how employees can minimize the risk of exposure to them through communication and teamwork as
Organizational risk can include many types of risk (e.g., program management risk, investment risk, budgetary risk, legal liability risk, safety risk, inventory risk, supply chain risk, and security risk). Security risk related to the operation and use of information systems is just one of many components of organizational risk that senior leaders/executives address as part of their ongoing risk management responsibilities. Effective risk management requires that organizations operate in highly complex, interconnected environments using state-of-the...
Ensuring the health and safety of employees is of primary importance to the Organization. Organization is committed to maintaining safe facilities, sponsoring appropriate training programs, and providing necessary safety equipment. In addition, Administration and staff shall cooperatively develop appropriate procedures and regulations for ensuring employees' health and safety, with special emphasis on the handling of potentially hazardous equipment or substances and for investigating and reporting any accidents and mishaps. All newly employed staff shall be required to comply with the physical examination. Every employee must provide annually, at a minimum, an updated health history of current health problems.