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What is the primary purpose of risk management in hospitals?
What is the primary purpose of risk management in hospitals?
- To promote the use of hazardous chemicals
- To reduce harm to patients, visitors, and staff (correct)
- To increase litigation costs for health professionals
- To improve the quality of healthcare services
What is a hazard in a hospital setting?
What is a hazard in a hospital setting?
- A risk that has a high probability of occurring
- A situation that has already caused harm
- A type of risk management strategy
- Any activity, situation, or substance that has the potential to cause harm (correct)
What is the definition of risk in a hospital setting?
What is the definition of risk in a hospital setting?
- A method of managing risk in hospitals
- A type of hazard that is specific to hospitals
- A situation that has the potential to cause harm
- The probability that harm will actually occur (correct)
Why is risk management traditionally associated with limiting litigation costs?
Why is risk management traditionally associated with limiting litigation costs?
What is the main goal of risk management in hospitals?
What is the main goal of risk management in hospitals?
What is an example of a hazard in a hospital setting?
What is an example of a hazard in a hospital setting?
What is the purpose of identifying hazards in a hospital setting?
What is the purpose of identifying hazards in a hospital setting?
What is risk management in hospitals?
What is risk management in hospitals?
What is a key factor associated with an increased risk of error in clinical settings?
What is a key factor associated with an increased risk of error in clinical settings?
What is the first step in the clinical risk management process?
What is the first step in the clinical risk management process?
What is the purpose of incident reporting in clinical risk management?
What is the purpose of incident reporting in clinical risk management?
What is the primary goal of root cause analysis in clinical risk management?
What is the primary goal of root cause analysis in clinical risk management?
What is one of the key principles of risk management?
What is one of the key principles of risk management?
How can hazards be reported in the workplace?
How can hazards be reported in the workplace?
What is the purpose of sentinel events in clinical risk management?
What is the purpose of sentinel events in clinical risk management?
What is the final step in the clinical risk management process?
What is the final step in the clinical risk management process?
What is the primary reason why healthcare facilities have mandated the reporting of sentinel events?
What is the primary reason why healthcare facilities have mandated the reporting of sentinel events?
What is a common cause of complaints in healthcare?
What is a common cause of complaints in healthcare?
What is the benefit of complaints in healthcare?
What is the benefit of complaints in healthcare?
What is a sentinel event?
What is a sentinel event?
What is the role of fitness-to-practice requirements in healthcare?
What is the role of fitness-to-practice requirements in healthcare?
What is the primary goal of incident monitoring in healthcare?
What is the primary goal of incident monitoring in healthcare?
What is a common activity used to manage clinical risk?
What is a common activity used to manage clinical risk?
What is the benefit of encouraging self-assessment in healthcare?
What is the benefit of encouraging self-assessment in healthcare?
What is the primary purpose of assessing a person's suitability to provide healthcare services?
What is the primary purpose of assessing a person's suitability to provide healthcare services?
What is the term for the process of assessing a person's suitability to provide healthcare services?
What is the term for the process of assessing a person's suitability to provide healthcare services?
What is a key factor in determining a person's suitability to provide healthcare services?
What is a key factor in determining a person's suitability to provide healthcare services?
Why is credentialing important in healthcare?
Why is credentialing important in healthcare?
What is the term for the process of evaluating a healthcare facility's standards?
What is the term for the process of evaluating a healthcare facility's standards?
What is the primary goal of healthcare professionals in a health system?
What is the primary goal of healthcare professionals in a health system?
What is a sentinel event?
What is a sentinel event?
What is the role of team leaders in a healthcare system?
What is the role of team leaders in a healthcare system?
What should you do if you identify a hazard in the workplace?
What should you do if you identify a hazard in the workplace?
What is one of the benefits of encouraging complaints in the profession?
What is one of the benefits of encouraging complaints in the profession?
What is the primary goal of risk management in a healthcare organization?
What is the primary goal of risk management in a healthcare organization?
What is the definition of a hazard?
What is the definition of a hazard?
What is the first step in addressing a problem, such as increased waiting time in the emergency department?
What is the first step in addressing a problem, such as increased waiting time in the emergency department?
What is the purpose of registering healthcare practitioners with a government authority?
What is the purpose of registering healthcare practitioners with a government authority?
What is the definition of risk?
What is the definition of risk?
Why is it essential to maintain trust in the profession?
Why is it essential to maintain trust in the profession?
Study Notes
Hospital Risks and Risk Management
- Hospitals are potentially dangerous places for patients and medical workers, so hospitals and health organizations use various methods to manage risk.
- Risk management is routine in most industries and traditionally associated with limiting litigation costs, usually related to patients taking legal action against health professionals or hospitals.
Hazards and Risks
- A hazard is any activity, situation, or substance that has the potential to cause harm, including ill health, injury, loss of product, and damage to patients and property.
- Examples of hazards include blood-borne pathogens, hazardous chemicals, and stress.
- Risk is the probability that harm (illness or injury) will actually occur.
Risk Management
- Risk management is an organizational effort to identify, assess, control, and evaluate risks to reduce harm to patients, visitors, and staff, and protect the organization from financial loss.
- This includes identifying, assessing, controlling, and evaluating risks to reduce harm to patients, visitors, and staff, and protecting the organization from financial loss.
Incident Monitoring and Sentinel Events
- Incident monitoring and sentinel events are used to manage clinical risk.
- Sentinel events are unexpected occurrences involving death or serious physical or psychological harm, such as surgery on the wrong patient or body site, or incompatible blood transfusion.
Complaints and Fitness-to-Practice Requirements
- A complaint is an expression of dissatisfaction by a patient or family member with the provided healthcare.
- Benefits of complaints include highlighting problems that need addressing, maintaining trust in the profession, encouraging self-assessment, protecting the public, reducing the frequency of litigation, and assisting in maintaining high standards.
Activities Commonly Used in Clinical Risk Management
- Incident monitoring
- Sentinel events
- Complaints
- Fitness-to-practice requirements
Factors Associated with Increased Risk of Error
- Unfamiliarity with the task
- Inexperience
- Shortage of time
- Inadequate checking
- Poor procedures
- Poor human equipment interface
Process Used in Clinical Risk Management
- Identify the risk
- Assess the frequency and severity of the risk
- Reduce or eliminate the risk
- Assess the costs saved by reducing the risk or the costs of not managing the risk
Learning from Errors
- Collecting information on events that have harmed or could have harmed patients using incident reporting systems
- Identifying the cause of error by root cause analysis
Analyzing Adverse Events
- Applying root cause analysis, a structured system approach to incident analysis
Risk-Management Principles
- Risk identification
- Risk analysis
- Risk control
- Risk financing
- Claims management
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