...Risk and Quality Management Assessment Diego Cuevas HCS 451 November 18, 2013 Dan Bucsko Risk and Quality Management Assessment Risk and quality management are vital to operating any kind of organization, but more so when dealing with an organization such as a hospital. Dealing with the lives and wellbeing of others is a huge responsibility. Some hospitals deal with more areas of services than others. Take John Muir Health for example, they provide a vast amount of services that range from primary care, emergency care, urgent care, rehabilitation, cancer treatment, children’s care, medical imaging, and more (John Muir Health, 2013). Of these areas of service require risk and quality management assessment. Other areas that do not always come to mind when thinking of risk and quality in a hospital include not only what goes on in the background such as, the IT departments but also what is right in front of the patients the moment they walk into the hospital. These services include the maintenance crew, the retail shops, parking garage, and the cafeteria area. In a hospital the purpose of risk management is to ensure both the safety of their patients and their staff as well as protecting the interest of the hospital (http://www.jacksonvilleu.com, 2013). On the other hand the purpose of quality management in a hospital is to ensure that certain standards are met when delivering care to patients and the same goes for the work environment that the staff is placed in. ...
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...Risk and Quality Management Assessment Summary University of Phoenix HCS/451 August 19th, 2012 Risk and Quality Management Assessment Summary Aurora is an organization that offers many of different services for families. They are a human service agency that is committed to helping individual’s live fuller and richer lives. Aurora offers services such as counseling, healthcare, residential, Vocational. Aurora takes people that struggle and cannot live on their own. As an Aurora employee; I am glad to say that I am part of their team. I am a float staff there and I am trained at 21 different houses. Aurora staff are there to help make a difference and help people who have disabilities live a better life. Aurora is a very strong organization and they are one of the organizations who are strongly fighting for not having to close down. There is many organizations closing down due to the funding, But as a strong organization Aurora is still standing and fighting for what they believe and that is “Making difference in their life.” Risk management seeks to reduce potential negative impacts on patients, staff and the organization through the identification and reduction of potential dangers or threats (Authenticity Consulting, LLC., 2010). At the same time when they are using risk management they are also using quality management because they are ensuring that they are giving their patients the right quality of care that they deserve. In the Aurora organization they...
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...Risk and Quality Management Assessment Summary HCS/451 Barbara Smith 11/16/15 Alanna Vanderpool The organization selected to review is Milestones Management Group. Milestones is a management company that contracts with various long term care facilities and provides general oversight from a corporate level. Their primary focus and target type of facilities are Assisted Living and Memory Cares. The offer nursing and clinical oversight, operations management, growth and development support, quality and risk management support as well as other valuable services to communities in the Pacific Northwest. Milestones is a locally owned company that generally provides contracted services however they do own a few of the properties that they currently manage. Quality and risk management in health care are extremely important not only for an organizations level of success but also for the general wellbeing of its employees and the patients that it serves. To begin, the definition of quality management is “structured organizational process for involving personnel in planning and executing a continuous flow of improvements to provide quality health care that meets or exceeds expectations” (Sollectto & Johnson, 2013, Chapter 1). Most health care organizations, including Milestones, have quality management teams in place that review and evaluate the level of service that the organization provides to its patients. There are several ways for a quality management team to go about determining...
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...Risk and Quality Management Assessment Summary Xxxxxxx Xxxx HCS451 September 24, 2012 Instructor Executive Summary Resolve, The National Infertility Association has been assisting and helping out individuals with infertility issues since 1974. Risk and quality management improvements in the organization have rallied behind the patient’s safety, while finding new ways in working as a team that is more effective and efficient when ensuring that the organization can deliver high quality and safe patient care. There have been issues regarding cost of visits and procedures with no insurance coverage while having to pay out of pocket for services that can cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars. The organization offers assistance in providing financial assistance for those in need and assist in finding the health care coverage that would best suit them. Infertility coverage is not a mandated health issue in many states that needs insurance coverage. Out of all the states only 15 are mandated to cover some sort of infertility. 1.1 Key Concepts The main problem was to determine what insurance provider would have some sort of infertility coverage that could assist their patients and avoid out of pocket expenses. The risk analysis will provide information that will help the risk manager realign the activities when dealing with quality care and improvement with the main focus on patient needs. * Review of the current functions of quality improvement and risk...
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...ES/ER/TM-117/R1 Risk Assessment Program Quality Assurance Plan This document has been approved by the East Tennessee Technology Park Technical Information Office for release to the public. Date: 11/20/97 ES/ER/TM-117/R1 Risk Assessment Program Quality Assurance Plan Date Issued—November 1997 Prepared by Environmental Management and Enrichment Facilities Risk Assessment Program Prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management under budget and reporting code EW 20 LOCKHEED MARTIN ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. managing the Environmental Management Activities at the East Tennessee Technology Park Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant Oak Ridge National Laboratory Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant under contract DE-AC05-84OR21400 for the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY APPROVALS Risk Assessment Program Quality Assurance Plan ES/ER/TM-117/R1 November 1997 [name] Sponsor, U.S. Department of Energy Date [name] U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management Quality Assurance Program Manager Date [name] Environmental Management and Enrichment Facilities Quality Assurance Specialist Date [name] Environmental Management and Enrichment Facilities Risk Assessment Manager Date [name] Environmental Management and Enrichment Facilities Risk Assessment Program Quality Assurance Specialist Date PREFACE This Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) for the Environmental Management and Enrichment Facilities (EMEF) Risk Assessment Program...
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...SCOREl Operational risk An operational risk scorecard approach Operational risk scorecards have been in the spotlight since the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s 2001 paper on op risk treatment under Basel II. In the first of two articles, Ulrich Anders and Michael Sandstedt of Dresdner Bank examine what, specifically, these systems seek to accomplish – and what implementing them entails he analysis of operational risk is a relatively new area, though it is increasingly essential. From market and credit risk it can easily be understood what risk is and how it can be assessed – market risk results from the market portfolio of the company, credit risk results from the credit portfolio of the company. But what do we want to assess in operational risk? Operational risk is the risk of a loss resulting from inadequacies or failures in processes due to technology, personnel, organisation or external factors.1 What is being assessed, therefore, is the business processes of the company that are operational therein. Compared with the market or credit portfolios of the company, the business processes of the company could also be called the operational portfolio. Once we have assessed the business processes of the company, we need to report on the results. The appropriate way to do this is via an operational risk scorecard. Many reports are called scorecards. They all use scores to reflect a particular situation. For example, the famous Balanced Scorecard2 is, in simple terms...
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...Quantitative Risk Assessment /584 Quantitative Risk Assessment Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals is a global specialty biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures, markets and distributes specialty biopharmaceutical products. The CMDS (contrast media and medical devices sector) was recently sold to Guerbet Group a research centered pharmaceutical company. This transition helps Mallinckrodt to concentrate their future vision to the acquisition of biopharmaceutical products companies which places them in a very complex and competitive environment with other major pharmaceutical companies. A Quantitative Risk Assessment for the proposed project will estimate the techniques and some of the key variables to determine the risks and losses that will help to present a stronger case for Quality and Regulatory implementation and the personnel improvement required to management. Mallinckrodt has encountered issues with quality and regulatory concerning controlled substances due to employee cutbacks in the manufacturing plants since the CMDS was sold. Revision of Project Background The proposed project will help define the personnel needed and quality and regulatory requirements needed to run a leaner manufacturing process and address the delivery backlog issues promptly. The success of the proposed project will help the company gain the edge they need to compete in the aggressive competitive opioid and rare disease medicine field. The quantitative risk assessment can...
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...Individual Assignment Advanced Management Accounting ACCT 4000 Presented to: Alan Dryden Presented by: Priscilla Lee Date: November 19, 2015 Magna International Inc. is a global automotive supplier, which manufactures auto parts, based in Aurora, Ontario, Canada. Magna consists of “285 manufacturing operations and 83 product development, engineering and sales centres in 29 countries, …[with] over 125,000 employees.” 2 Magna supplies auto parts to companies such as the Big 3, General Motors, Ford Motor Company, and Chrysler LLC. As well as, Tesla Motors, Volkswagen, BMW, Toyota, and other auto companies internationally. The vision that Magna stands by states: We aim to be our customers’ preferred global supplier partner for the automotive industry, by delivering the best value built on innovative products and processes and World Class Manufacturing. We strive to be the employer choice, an ethical and responsible corporate citizen and a superior long-term investment for our shareholders.[1] Here, this report will discuss some of the management strategies, and their control systems and processes that assist Magna deal with problems, improvements, and future growth of the organization. A “strategy specifies how an organization can create value for its customers while differentiating itself from its competitors”[2] In Magna’s Board Charter document, displays...
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... Subject: Risk Assessment in Business Plans Report of: City Treasurer Summary The Subgroup requested a review of the risk management components of service business plans. This report provides a review of the current completeness and content of risk assessments, synthesizing emerging themes and providing a comparison with the quality of content in previous years. Recommendations Members are requested to comment on the report. Wards Affected: All Contact Officers: Richard Paver City Treasurer 0161 234 3564 E-mail richard.paver@manchester.gov.uk Tom Powell Head of Audit and Risk Management 0161 234 5273 E-mail t.powell@manchester.gov.uk John Gill Risk Manager (Strategy) 0161 234 5272 E-mail J.Gill1@manchester.gov.uk Background documents (available for public inspection): None 1. Introduction 1.1. Thirty Heads of Service are required to produce and update service business plans on an annual basis. The deadline for the receipt of the latest draft plans was 14 October 2010. In order to provide effective support and challenge to Heads of Service in further developing their plans, a team of specialist officers was established to critique the main sections of the delivery plan which were: • Performance. • Transformation. • Finance. • Workforce. • Equalities. • Risk Management. •...
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...Risk and Quality Management Assessment Summary Beverly L. Rivera HCS/451 April 1, 2015 Kevin Stevens Risk and Quality Management Assessment Summary The healthcare industry is growing rapidly with significant changes directing new trends and advance technology for the future. Within recent years, the shift from manual medical records to electronic medical records allows individuals to be an active participant in direct control of their health care. As these changes continue to increase, the risk and quality departments within health care organizations has an enormous duty to enhance the quality of care for its internal and external customers. Gwinnett Medical Center is one of many healthcare organizations that embraces change along with enhancing the quality of care their patients receive. The executive summary assessment will describe details of Gwinnett Medical Center, the risk, and quality management department policies, and how the risk and quality management determines the quality outcome for the goals the hospitals. Gwinnett Medical Center Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC), also known as Gwinnett Hospital System, Inc. (GHS), was established in the early 70s and is a not-for-profit health care network. The hospital is a 553-bed facility, which includes 464-inpatient and 89-skilled licensed nursing and long-term facility. Gwinnett Medical Center has two acute-care hospitals, and facilities in different cities and the metro Atlanta area. The facility in Lawrenceville...
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...Court of Canada decision in R. v Stone. He explores the advantages of the conclusions reached by this decision. Reynolds and Miles (2009) in a pilot study explored the effect of training on the quality of a HCR-20 assessment. The HCR-20 is a approach to assess the risk of violence that a mentally disordered patient could have. Both of these papers...
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...Qualitest Compliance Wire Integration Risk Management Plan Revision History Date | DocumentVersion | Author | Comments/Notes | 10 April 2015 | V 1.0 | Levi Schenk | Initial Version | 12 April 2015 | V 1.1 | SAF | First edit | 14 April 2015 | V 1.2 | Levi Schenk | Second edit | 15 April 2015 | V 1.3 | SAF | Third edit | 17 April 2015 | V 1.4 | SAF | Fourth edit | Approvals Prepared By: _____________________________ Date: __________________ Levi Schenk Project/Validation Manager Signature below indicates this document has been determined to be accurate and complete. Approved By: ____________________________ Date: __________________ Cynthia KramerDaggett, Senior Director Quality systems (Qualitest Business Owner) Approved By: ____________________________ Date: __________________ David Haas Director IT (Qualitest IT Owner) Approved By: ____________________________ Date: _________________ Larry Kass Dir Compliance & Supplier Quality Third Party Quality (Qualitest - QA Compliance) Approved By: To be signed electronically in Master Control Ed Perazzoli IT Quality & Computer Validation Mgr (IT RM) Table of Contents Revision History 1 Approvals 2 1. Purpose 4 2. Project / System Overview 5 3. Definitions 5 4. INDEX OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 6 5. References 7 6. Roles and Responsibilities 8 7. Risk Methodology – revisit with change forms. 9 8. Risk Management and assumptions 10 9. Risk Handling 12 10. Deviation Management 14 11...
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...Risk Management Plan Project Name: Project Description Summary: Project Manager: Date: a. Risk Identification We have made a list of all areas that might cause project delays or failure with their respective outcomes (see numerical list below). The 5 risks we have chosen as key risks are bolded below and appear in the Risk Assessment Table in question “b” 1) Political- gaining a foot hold in the local community to ensure you are not seen as an outsider. 2) Parking 3) Competition – the amount of food trucks in local market 4) Competition – the brick and mortar restaurants 5) Weather – The first year for the food truck to go through its first winter could be a challenge. The rain, snow, bad weather, a tire might go out on the truck are all risks that could affect our truck. I believe that using our Twitter to update the customers on the location and our availability for opening and closing times and also cancellation due to the weather would be a great idea. 6) Maintenance and Repair 7) Rising Fuel Costs 8) False Lawsuits- food trucks like any other food service can be at risk of false accusations. 9) Operations and Safety - Day to day operations and safety for food and the equipment including the truck is our number one priority and the safety of our employees and customers. While we are on the road we need to make sure we have a set speed, experienced driver, well-maintained equipment and active participant...
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...uncertainty that was created, Lagerfield felt personal acquisition of wealth and comfort were not the keys that lead to taking a more realistic view of the future, but the ideology of risk management brought about the need to forgo the frivolous waste of resources. The evolution of risk management in its infancy stages derived from the environmental shift that occurred in response to those catastrophic events such as the Great Depression, Three Mile Island, and the devastation of technological failure noted during the launch and disintegration of the Challenger to name a few. Although the ladder that lead to a full paradigm shift in the way in which cause and effect were viewed; the need to gain a better understanding of appropriately managing risk became paramount. Dun and Renner (2008) believed “the strategies to manage risk typically include transferring the risk to another party, avoiding the risk, reducing the negative effect or probability of the risk, or even accepting some or all of the potential or actual consequences of a particular risk.” Prior to the 20th Centuries focus on identifying cause and effect of historically devastating events, the status quo of uncertainty remained. The most noted events of the 20th century that lead to the need for assessing, identifying, and prioritizing risk, allowed organizations to formulate guidelines and/or procedures to identify the root cause and adjust their practices in...
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