In: Nursing
Healthcare Risk Management
Identify five (5) specific outcomes which can be achieved when specific defenses are designed into a high risk environment which can serve to intercept risk.
Answer:
The specific defenses should designed in high risk envvironment of health care helps in the avoiding of risks happen. They are
--Introducing of risk management team in the healthcare and they should recognise the risk areas in healthcare and fix that areas to enhance the patient's safety.
--The risk management in healthcare should keep the patient's data and their treatment in the electronic health records and keep it safe for future needs.
--The introduction of cleansing hands with sanitizer and keeping the healthcare places sterilize helps in the minimizing the spread of infectious diseases from one person to another.
--The hospital management should privde detailed information about the surgeries to the patient untill he understands and gives permission to have surgery. The healthcare providers should not forget to get informed consent from patients to avoid further risks.
--The healthcare risk management should focus on patients safety and should prevent falling of patient which helps in the recovery rate improves.
--should have the communication with patient about the drug therapy and keep monitor that patient to avoid taking of wrong medicines or overdose of medication untill he recovers and provide quality of care.
--The hospital management includes staff also should have knowledge about how to assess the risks and how to react spontaneously without hesitation to enhance patient's safety.