Question 1
Select one of the topics from the list below, different from another student’s choice. Best to get in early to get your choice before it is taken.
1. Research and discuss the use of the management tool in a specific health organization.
2. Discuss the purpose of the management tool, structure or process as it relates to federal or state law.
3. Provide associated detail about how it operates and the role of management.
Include the link to the article after providing a full paragraph description. Peers are expected to demonstrate critical thinking in their questions related to the classmates’ descriptions. Provide citation of authority to support your initial response to conference questions. Peers are expected to demonstrate critical thinking in their questions related to the classmates’ descriptions. Initial response to discussion topic must be no later than midnight Thursday and then you must substantively respond to at least 2 classmate submissions no later than 6pm Sunday. See Discussion Requirements in Discussion topic entitled “Discussion Expectations and Grading” No duplication. Redundant primary posts will not be graded. Must adhere to grading rubric for discussions.
Financial & Audit Committee Oversight
Pharmacy & Therapeutics (Formulary and Processes of Care)
Customer Experience Offices- Continuous Feedback
Blood Safety Committee (Protocol Development)
Tissue & Organ Committee (Protocol Development)
Utilization Review Committee
Medical Records Committee
Credentialing Committees/Offices with Protocols
Institutional Review Board
Employee Contracts
Patient Consent Documents
Electronic Medical Records for Quality Control
Protocols for Patient Hand-offs across Shift personnel and between organizations
Personnel Training in critical areas
Patient engagement on care committees
Employee Health & Safety Committee Campaigns
Dashboards and indicators of clinical measures
Critical Event Analysis-Response Team
After Action Reviews for Program Improvement
Big Data Analytics for QC
Exit Interviews
Using Accreditation Site visits to improve Operations
Question 2
Bow-Tie Analysis is one of many efffective tools for communicating risk assessment. Discuss the bow-tie method and then provide another specific example of an effective tool that hospitals use for risk assessment. Which one would you implement in your area and why? Must provide specific examples of each being used and results. Discuss in what areas you feel a risk management analysis could be effective and why? Provide citation of authority to support your initial response to conference questions. Peers are expected to demonstrate critical thinking in their questions related to the classmates’ descriptions. Initial response to discussion topic must be no later than midnight Thursday and then you must substantively respond to at least 2 classmate submissions no later than 6pm Sunday. See Discussion Requirements in Discussion topic entitled “Discussion Expectations and Grading” No duplication. Redundant primary posts will not be graded. Must adhere to grading rubric for discussions.
Backgound readings:
http://www.r4risk.com.au/Bow-tie-Analysis.php [Bow-tie]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19591531 [Bow-tie]
https://www.ecri.org/documents/secure/risk_quality_patient_safety.pdf [Risk Management, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety]
