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QUALITY MANAGEMENT
KEY CONCEPTS OF
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
In General
Steps to Identify Risks (con't)
Falls--Maintain open floors and using wet floor signs. Using bed rails for patient safety.
Medical Care--Give proper medical attention when needed.
Nutrition--Provide proper nutrition to individual patients needs.
Risk Vs Quality
in Nursing Homes
Steps to Identify and Manage Risks
Quality Management
in Nursing Homes
Getting the right nutrition keeps patients alert and improves their quality of life
Every state has a QIO
Quality Improvement Organization
Nursing homes have these in place so that they can stay in business.
Allows Doctor's and Nurse's
to improve their care
Keeping patients safe and away from harm improves quality of care
Sanitation--Maintaining a clean facility as well as, preventing infections.
Employee Liability--Make sure staff know the nursing homes policies and continuously practices them.
Visitors--Keeping patients safe is the number 1 priority. Know who the visitors are.
References
Risk and Quality
Management
and their Relationship
http://elearning.scranton.edu/resource/health-human-services/purpose-of-risk-management-in-healthcare. Retrieved from Web data
Conclusion
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OfficeofMedicalProductsandTobacco/CDER/ucm106189.htm. Retrieved from Web database
Risk VS Quality
in Nursing Homes
(con't)
Risk Management involves the ability to control the finances, employee and patient liabilities in healthcare settings.
Quality Management requires leadership and clinical background knowledge to maintain credibility in a healthcare facility. Which allow for leaders to handle other aspects like finances, and liabilities of a healthcare facility.
Salem Press Encyclopedia of Science, 2014. Understanding Risk Management. Retrieved from Baker College Library.
No one wants to place a loved one in a nursing home.
But knowing the risks and quality management that's in place in the facility, put's your mind at ease.
Having a plan and making sure the staff are aware of the plan in case of emergency keeps the patient and your staff safe from risk of injury, and improves quality care
By: Matsudaira, Jordan D.. In: Journal of Human Resources. Wntr, 2014, Vol. 49 Issue 1, 32-72; University of Wisconsin Press Language: English, Database: Academic OneFile. Retrieved from Baker College Library
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