Hsm 542 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The Healthcare Cost Milieu Objective This Course Project gives you the opportunity to select a relevant healthcare topic with legal and/or ethical implications and analyze it in greater depth in a written format. The Research Paper should critically analyze the issues related to the topic within the context of the current healthcare environment. The PowerPoint presentation is a visual technology tool to support a live presentation to a specific group of stakeholders (e.g., leadership team, board...

HSM 542 Health Rights and Responsibilities Week 1 Discussion 1 Intentional Torts in Healthcare all Correct Answers Graded A Intentional Torts in Healthcare (graded) Select one of the intentional torts discussed in your text and provide an example of how this tort takes place in healthcare. As leader of your own healthcare facility, what steps could you take and what processes could you implement to reduce the risk of this tort occurring in your own facility? This section lists options ...

HSM 542 Health Rights and Responsibilities Week 2 Discussion 1 Delineation of Clinical Privileges 8 all Correct Answers Graded A Delineation of Clinical Privileges (graded) How does a hospital medical staff determine that a physician applicant is qualified and competent to perform all procedures requested on his or her delineation of clinical privileges? By way of process, what happens next once the medical staff has completed this assessment process? Why is regular reappointment to the ...

Scenario Summery The Joint Commission has recently visited Little Falls Hospital for its accreditation visit. Overall, the survey went well except for the standards related to the 2010 National Pat ient Safety Goals. The Joint Commission surveyors indicated that the hospital has not devoted enough resources and staff into achieving these goals. As the new risk manager, you are aware of the following issues: There is no specific plan on how Little Falls Hospital will address and achieve these goa...

HSM 542 Health Rights and Responsibilities Week 2 Discussion 1 Delineation of Clinical Privileges 4 all Correct Answers Graded A How does a hospital medical staff determine that a physician applicant is qualified and competent to perform all procedures requested on his or her delineation of clinical privileges? By way of process, what happens next once the medical staff has completed this assessment process? Why is regular reappointment to the medical staff important for patient safety?

HSM 542 Health Rights and Responsibilities Week 2 Discussion 1 Delineation of Clinical Privileges 5 all Correct Answers Graded A How does a hospital medical staff determine that a physician applicant is qualified and competent to perform all procedures requested on his or her delineation of clinical privileges? By way of process, what happens next once the medical staff has completed this assessment process? Why is regular reappointment to the medical staff important for patient safety?...

HSM 542 Week 8 Final Exam (CO C) Discuss why it is important to have a patient complete an advanced directive upon admission to a hospital regardless of their age or health condition. Disc uss why so few patients have an advanced directive on file prior to being hospitalized and the legal implications if one is not completed before a medical procedure. List 2 situations where an advanced directive may be challenged on the basis of ethical OR legal reason. Your Answer: “[A] competent patient ha...

Read the You Decide scenario in Week 6. You … by the hospital’s board of directors to prepare a risk management plan that will help to develop a culture of safety throughout Little Falls Hospital. The plan should address the National Patient Safety Goals and strategies to … implemented throughout the organization. Prepare a 750-word summary of the important components of the plan, the resources that are required to … implemented, and strategies to overcome some of the hospital’s defici...

HSM 542 Week 7 Discussion 1: Healthcare Reform Based upon your learning in this course and your own personal and/or professional experiences, what are the essential reforms that must occur in the U .S. healthcare system in order to improve access, cost, and quality of care for all Americans? What does this legislation look like? Show Less

Scenario Summary Please Just Turn This Thing Off! A nursing assistant wheels Margie Whitson back to her room at Golden Oaks Rehabilitation Center and helps her back into bed. Golden Oaks is … on the grounds of Marion General Hospital, … by the hospital board of directors. It has been a very difficult day. Margie takes a deep sigh as she leans back into bed and says, “I’ll get into night clothes in a few minutes if that’s alright. I’d just like to sit here and think for a little while...