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Risk Management Worksheet
Part A: Risk Management Concepts
Complete the table below.
Be clear and concise, use complete sentences, and use your own words. Follow standard grammar rules and provide examples where appropriate to support your answers.
Risk Management Concepts
Definition
Give an example of how the concept is used within risk management in health care.
Conditions of participation
Accident (medical)
Complaint
EMTALA
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a federal law designed to give patients the right over their health information by allowing them to set rules and limits on who gets to view/receive their health information.
A patient’s ex-husband calls to obtain personal health information for a patient. He states his ex-wife asked him to call to obtain her results because she is unable to call. The health care employee reviews the patient’s preferred method of communication and disclosure and verified the patient approved the facility to provide personal health information to her ex-husband over the phone.
Incident reporting system
Informed consent
Malpractice
Legal health record
National patient safety goals
Part B: Factors that Influence Risk Management
Complete the table below.
Be clear and concise, use complete sentences, and use your own words. Follow standard grammar rules and provide examples where appropriate to support your answers.
Identify 3 to 5 factors that influence risk management in health care.
How does the factor selected influence risk management in health care?
Patient safety
Patient safety influences risk management in that risk managers must monitor the safety of the patients by mitigating the potential or actual risks to their safety, such as medication errors, etc.
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HCS/456 v4
Risk Management Worksheet
Part A: Risk Management Concepts
Complete the table below.
Be clear and concise, use complete sentences, and use your own words. Follow standard grammar rules
and provide examples where appropriate to support your answers.
Risk Management
Concepts
Definition
Give an example of how the concept is
used within risk management in health
care.
Conditions of
participation
They are the health and
safety requirements in
which hospitals and other
health facilities must comply
with in order to meet the
necessary standards
needed in Medicare and
Medicaid programs (Harris
27).
Health practitioners and hospital staff must
ensure that the safety of patients is
guaranteed. A good example is to avoid
placing normal patients in the same room as
the mentally challenged patients. A mentally
ill patient may turn violent and cause harm to
other patients.
Accident (medical)
It is an injury, a
deterioration of an existing
condition or death which is
caused by an unforeseen or
unplanned event,
professional malpractice or
medical negligence
A good example is when a doctor makes a
mistake during surgery due to fatigue from
long working hours. Another example is when
a patient dies due to a wrong prescription of
drugs by a nurse.
It is an expression of
grievance due to
unsatisfactory service or
inadequate care.
In one of the medical center, a patient asks a
nurse to assist her in booking an appointment
with the doctor. The nurse takes a lot of time
to do it and every time the patient enquires
about the appointment, the nurse becomes
abusive. A patient can file a complaint if the
nurse is abusive or...