Question

1. Write an Initial Post where you develop an outline for a risk management program in a medical practice. Please include five components.

Answer 1

-Outline for a risk management program in medical practice:

-The risk management program are written to avoid any risks in our practice and devastating patient's condition.Types of risks can be patient safety,medical errors,incompliance..

-To write down the risk management program one must know the answers to the questions such as :

-what could go wrong:we should know all the details of potential ways we could make errors such as compromising on patient's safer ,medical errors,unable to supply medical requirements (risk identification)

-what errors are more likely to happen (risk analysis)

-ranking the risk-how much of damage can that risk can cause(risk analysis)

-what can be done to prevent risks (risk control)

-ways to reduce the risk potential (risk control)

-who are responsible for the given risks(risk monitoring)

-The five components risk management are:

-risk identification:what risks can be done to me,my patient,my institute

-risk analysis : what are the chances of risk to occur, which type of risk are mostly likely to occur and what is the worst that could happen

-risk control : here we can get the opportunities of how to avoid risk, prevent risk, reduce risk.Based on risk analysis,we can implement strategies for risk control

-risk finance : here we finance the losses that occurred due to errors

-risk treatment : when loss occurs, manage the risk by determining who responsible ,may be filed to recover damages,when and how this will be monitored

-risk management program also includes educating staff members and nurses about risks,learning from past mistakes, evidence based practices, providing counselling on how to manage risks, competence assessments....