HLT 308V Discussion Week 1 - 5 (Bundle)

With the growing importance of increasing wage rates for employees, many health care organizations are implementingtechnology such as self-help kiosks to reduce staffing. Describe both an advantage and a disadvantage to this practiceand discuss how patients may perceive reductions in dedicated staff...

Research the role of an administrator versus that of a nonmanagement staff member in dealing with a workers'compensation incident in a typical health care organization. What are the minimal responsibilities and reporting dutiesfor each? What recommendations would you suggest for improving organizati...

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...

The Center for Medicine and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a list of health care-acquired conditions (HACs)thatreasonably could have been prevented through the application of risk management strategies. What actions has your health care organization (or health care organizations in general) imple...

Describe one of the safety committees your organization uses and how it reduces risk within your organization. Who are the general members of the group, how often do they meet, and is there a regulatory requirement that they report or publish notes? Is this a good use of the staff's time or would an...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS),and the Joint Commission (JC) require that health care organizations maintain risk management programs to addressinfection control. Detail three measures that your health care organization ...

Health care organizations continually face challenges from various regulatory and government agencies while also beingbound by Managed Care Organization (MCO) standards. View the video located in the study materials entitled "Collegeof Nursing and Health Care Professions: Do We Know What Our Future ...

Briefly describe how the risk management program at the organization where you work (or at that of a typical health careorganization) addresses social media and patient information privacy. Provide three examples of risk management stepsyour health care organization (or another health care organizat...