HLT308V Week 1 Discussion Question 1: The American Society of Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) has outlined the minimal components of a risk management program. Describe a minimum of three of those elements and evaluate if the elements are present in your organization’s risk management program, or describe how they can … included in a risk management […]
HLT 308V Week 2 Discussion Question 1: Review your organization’s risk management policies as they relate to the Americans With Disabilities Act and workers’ compensation. What is the process for reporting an incident? If there is not a policy, detail how you would go about getting a policy developed and approved within your organization or any […]
Report on compliance risks in healthcare After careful review of your Phase 4 report addressing compliance risks, the board has approved the implementation of the first recommendation that you provided in the report that you submitted in Phase 3. As part of the implementation plan, you have been asked to prepare the report that is […]
HLT 308V Week 2 Discussion Question 2: Describe the purpose of a root-cause analysis. Discuss an example of any issue that would necessitate a root-cause analysis. You may use an incident from a referenced article, textbook, or personal experience. Support your analysis with one peer-reviewed reference. Identify the actions that would need to … taken to […]
HLT308V Week 3 Discussion Question 1: The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) was implemented to allow patients to state “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNS), or to assign a surrogate decision maker in the event the individual is unable to make the decision. What relationship does an ethics committee have in enforcing the advance directives of the patients in […]
Media Campaigns in Public Health Assignment Select a public health campaign such as anti-smoking, drinking and driving, texting and driving, Got Milk, VERB, anti-drug, or anti-bullying. After you have selected and reviewed details about this campaign, evaluate the campaign to determine which theoretical PUBLIC HEALTH model was used. 2-3 paragraphs, APA format, 1 reference required. […]
Evolving Practice of Nursing Paper As the country focuses on the restructuring of the U.S. health care delivery system, nurses will continue to play an important role. It is expected that more and more nursing jobs will become available out in the community, and fewer will be available in acute care hospitals. Write an informal […]
HLT 308V Week 3 Discussion Question 2: In 2011, the Center for Medicine and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a list of health care-acquired conditions (HACs). What actions has your health care organization (or health care organizations in general) implemented to manage or prevent these “never events” from happening within their health care facilities? Support your response […]
HLT 308V Week 4 Discussion Question 1: The Joint Commission introduced the National Patient Safety Goals to address patient safety issues within health care organizations. Determine three patient safety issues that are being addressed by your health care organization. Identify the actions the organization is taking or identify three issues that you think need to … […]
HLT 308V Week 5 Discussion Question 1: Health care organizations are facing many challenges from various regulatory and government agencies. For insight, to the challenges of health care reform, view the video “College of Nursing and Health Care Professions: Do we know what our future is? Based on this video, explain two key factors that you […]
