Hcs 451 Risk And Quality Management Assessment Summary
Risk and Quality Management Assessment Summary
Duana Watkins
HCS/451
March 9, 2015
Jodie Sapaugh
Risk and Quality Management Assessment Summary
University Hospitals is a health care systems providing high-quality patient-centered medical care with a network of specialty care physicians, skilled nursing, rehabilitation services, occupation health and wellness, and managed care and insurance programs. Collaboratively working as an integrated team to improve patient care and performance. University Hospital is a large organization with many systems working together to improve overall quality of patient care. University Hospital has a board of directors that have executives to see that their decisions are carried out and that the day-to-day operations of the hospital are performed successfully, and department managers that are responsible for one type of medical or operational service within a specific department. The department manager then relies on the patient care managers to ensure that staff members are giving quality care and are complying with rules and regulations. Lastly there are the service providers, …show more content…
Quality management aim to design formal process improvement initiatives that target the underlying causes of events. Risk management and quality management work together to improve performance by training the staff on quality and risk management which results in quality care and assurance that the patient is treated correctly. Risk management and quality management improvement focuses on the safety of the staff, quality of care the staff gives, and the safety of the patients to prevent financial losses to the company. Essentially the relationship between risk management and quality management is to work hand and hand to create an environment that protects the company and the patient in two separate
Duana Watkins
HCS/451
March 9, 2015
Jodie Sapaugh
Risk and Quality Management Assessment Summary
University Hospitals is a health care systems providing high-quality patient-centered medical care with a network of specialty care physicians, skilled nursing, rehabilitation services, occupation health and wellness, and managed care and insurance programs. Collaboratively working as an integrated team to improve patient care and performance. University Hospital is a large organization with many systems working together to improve overall quality of patient care. University Hospital has a board of directors that have executives to see that their decisions are carried out and that the day-to-day operations of the hospital are performed successfully, and department managers that are responsible for one type of medical or operational service within a specific department. The department manager then relies on the patient care managers to ensure that staff members are giving quality care and are complying with rules and regulations. Lastly there are the service providers, …show more content…
Quality management aim to design formal process improvement initiatives that target the underlying causes of events. Risk management and quality management work together to improve performance by training the staff on quality and risk management which results in quality care and assurance that the patient is treated correctly. Risk management and quality management improvement focuses on the safety of the staff, quality of care the staff gives, and the safety of the patients to prevent financial losses to the company. Essentially the relationship between risk management and quality management is to work hand and hand to create an environment that protects the company and the patient in two separate