Risk Assessments
Product Description:
Audio Conference on CD or On-Demand
Sponsored by the Association of Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP)
presented on May 25, 2010
Address weaknesses before the survey team arrives
Must hospitals maintain logs of blanket warmer temperatures? When can a hospital appropriately perform flash sterilization? Expert speakers Bud Pate, REHS, and Steve MacArthur help you address vague standards, and perform and document bullet-proof risk assessments. You will discover how to minimize the impact of a surveyor’s findings, using proven techniques that put control in your hands.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this audio conference, you will be able to:- Identify commonly cited regulations that require the most attention from your organization
- Conduct and document a risk assessment that produces a solution to comply with the regulation and reduce overhead
- Implement an environment of care risk assessment
- Implement a clinical issues risk assessment
- Implement a quality and credentialing issues risk assessment
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA:
- Overview of problem standards that benefit from a formal risk assessment
- General principles of risk assessment
- The elements of the risk assessment
- The review and approval of the risk assessment
- Documenting the risk assessment
- Using the risk assessment to your advantage during survey
- Putting the risk assessment into action
- Environment of care
- Clinical issues
- Quality and credentialing issues
- Question and answer session
BONUS MATERIALS
With this audio conference, you'll receive a slide presentation of the program materials and valuable takeaways, which you can use at your facility, including:
- Sample risk assessment format
- Sample risk assessment for blanket warmers
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials. These materials are provided with PDF links.
SPEAKERS
Bud Pate, REHS, vice president for content and development, The Greeley Company (a division of HCPro, Inc.). Prior to joining The Greeley Company, Pate spent 15 years with system-wide hospital quality and compliance responsibility for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California. Before that, Pate worked for the government, where he was responsible for all acute care licensing and CMS certification activities in Los Angeles County.
Steven MacArthur, safety consultant, The Greeley Company (a division of HCPro, Inc.). MacArthur brings more than 25 years of healthcare management and consulting to his work with hospitals, physician offices, and ambulatory care facilities across the country. He provides consultation in the areas of accreditation, regulatory compliance, on-site safety assessment and education programs, survey preparation for safety leaders, and the development of comprehensive programs related to the environment of care.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Accreditation professionals, survey coordinators, patient safety professionals, quality improvement officers, risk managers, nurse managers, infection control staff, quality staff, safety officer, infection preventionist, infection control coordinator.
AUDIO ON-DEMAND
In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audio conferences, we are pleased to offer another option, audio on-demand. Audio on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player. Purchase a CD or audio on-demand of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.Product Types : Departments :
