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Employee Training and Development Programs in Risk Management

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Employee Training and Development Programs in Risk Management

Introduction

Risk is an inherent aspect that is found in each organization including the health care facilities. There is need to ensure that risk is managed in the health care facilities to facilitates them in achieving ethical and legal responsibilities that are stipulated by the organization and other health or safety organization. Health organization that manages their risk can achieve effective competitive advantages in the market.

Summary of risk management plan

Employee Training and Development Programs in Risk Management is the type plan that I selected within a setting of a health care facility. In each organization there are some changes and development or growth that are incorporated which are directly facilitated by effective training and development programs to be effective. Employee Training and Development Programs is one of the fundamental programs that is mostly utilized by health organization to manage their risk effectively. This program is more focused to the employee and change within the organization. New employees are also subjected to training and development to properly inaugurate them to the respective roles in the health facility. The employee in general are the specific audience that the program aims to enlighten in the process of risk management (Anderson & Mapp, 1996). This program is very important aspect in risk management process in every organization that is undergoing any changes thence the motive for my selection.

Steps of risk management in health facilities

Risk management in healthcare is facilitated by corporations that are sensible of the fact that healthcare interface poses peril. Organizations aggressively trailing risk management are hence a step advanced in the hierarchy in guaranteeing wellbeing of services and endeavoring for superiority of care as compared to the establishments that do not have it (McIlroy, Kees & Kalscheuer, 1996). There are five major steps that health care facilities utilize in managing their risk and they include;

• Step 1: Create the context- this involve identification of highly sensitive areas in the health facility that may require risk management like ICU, operation room, emergency room, and coronary care units.

• Step 2: Identify risks- entails the time the management of the health facilities are aware of the risk in the organization.

• Step 3: Analyze risks- this will entail the development of proper understanding about the risk. For instance, the level of risk, probable causes, and existing measures.

• Step 4: Evaluate risks- determining whether the risk need intervention and the development of effective intervention or strategy for the risk.

• Step 5: Treat/Manage Risks- this includes the treatment of the risk and control measures that are developed to monitor the risk in the long run.

Health care risk management need adequate measures or strategies as this aspect entails the life of the people in the society. Development of effective risk management plan in the health facilities will prevent physician and other involved parties from error which may lead to legal issues. In my risk evaluation program Total Quality Management (TQM) need to be include as this will assist employees or team in continuously improve their capacity to offer on demand products and services that clients will find of specific value. Total Quality management is facilitated towards preventing or managing potential risks that the health facility is prone to face. Regular training and educational development programs are very important in ensuring effective communication, ethical practice, and effectiveness of service delivery to the patient. As compared to the provided steps of risk management in the health care facilities this approach will assist in ensuring the practice of employee training is incorporated as a culture hence sustained for the best interest of the employee and the patient at large.

Key agencies and organizations that regulate the administration of safe health care

There are several agencies that are established to monitor health care sector and provision of services to ensure the safety of the public. Also, this institutions or bodies are responsible in regulating health care facilities towards the achievement of effective risk management plan in the respective circumstances. This agency may include Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was developed to ensure that every person that is employed is under a safe and healthful working condition. The main role of OSHA is to make workplaces safe and thenceforth they are having a role to ensuring that they regulate risk management program in the health facilities (McIlroy, Kees & Kalscheuer, 1996). They provide regulations that health care risk management program is developed observing safety. HIPAA is another agency that works to lessening the costs while safeguarding patients and providing better medical care. They are also responsible in ensuring that the risk management programs are developed to facilitate the security and better healthcare provision to the patient and employee as well. HIPAA goal is to safeguard patient privacy in health-care surroundings hence in the development of a given risk management project the organization needs to ensure these policies are met effectively. On the other hand, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is an agency that is established under the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) with the aim of regulating the research, addressing patient safety and reduction of cost in the health facilities. They play a significant role in risk management programs development by ensuring that the provided regulations are observed and adhered to within the organization to avoid any legal issues. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is agency that examines the public health and warns in case of any probable threats from infectious diseases. This agency is vital in risk management programs development in health facilities as they notify and enforce the health organization to comply with the warning hence saving or protecting the public. Also, the environmental protection agency (EPA) was developed by the congress to facilitate the provision and protection of human health and the environment (Brown, 2002). The agency ensures that risk management programs in the health sector and other sectors are developed in respect of protection of human health and the environment.

Compliance with American Society of Healthcare Risk Management

American Society of Healthcare Risk Management is a professional membership group derived from American hospital association (AHA) with more than six thousand members from diverse fields including healthcare, insurance, and law among other related fields. ASHRM encourages operative and inventive risk management policies and specialized leadership through learning, networking credit, advocacy, publications, and communications with leading health care establishments and government organizations. The agency or body aims at providing effective and safe patient practices, reduction of costs and generally ensuring development of safe working environment (Brown, 2002).

Employee Training and Development Programs as selected is a risk management programs that is developed in the healthcare organization to facilitates reduction of cost in operation due to enlightened employees, development of safety standards and generally adhering to the provided regulations to provide safety to the public. The aim of this employee training and development program is to ensure that the employee is enlightened and motivated enough within the healthcare facilities to maintain proper practices that will facilitate safety of the worker and patient as well. The other objective of the employee training and development program is to ensure that there is effective communication and exchange of ideas which are in line with the ASHRM regulation or objectives that is all aimed at ensuring safety in the place of work and the public at large (Brown, 2002).

Some of the recommendations that I will incorporate in the employee training and development program for the health care organization may include development of strategies that will facilitate flexibility of the working time to create time for more training and education of the employees. This will in turn increase or improve the effectiveness of the services and facilitate security. Also, the increased time for training can bring more enlightening to the way the organization is supposed to comply to some the regulations provided by ASHRM. Also, development of clear policies and regulations within the training and educational programs will enable the employee and the team responsible to stay by the stipulated rules which will in the long run facilitate effectiveness.

References

Anderson, K. B., & Mapp, H. P. (1996). Risk management programs in extension. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 31-38.

Brown, J. (2002). Training needs assessment: A must for developing an effective training program. Public personnel management, 31(4), 569-578.

McIlroy, G. T., Kees, J. E., & Kalscheuer, J. A. (1996). U.S. Patent No. 5,583,758. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.