Risks to patients, staff, and organizations are prevalent in healthcare. Thus, it is necessary for an organization to have qualified healthcare risk managers to assess, develop, implement, and monitor risk management plans with the goal of minimizing exposure.
An effective risk management program is an organization's first line of defense in identifying a weakness or system failure before it occurs and in mitigating or reducing any loss after it occurs.
Correctly skilled and assembled teams in the right place at the right time impact sentinel/adverse events, improve patient scores, and improve quality of care, outcomes, and reimbursement, etc.
Objectively assessed competence enhances workflow management, impacts LoS, adverse/sentinel events, workers' compensation, etc. Positively impacts financial exposure.
Objective quantification of competencies impacts staff recruitment & retention, improves quality & outcomes. Supports rationale expansion of clinical systems for expansion and Physician satisfaction & loyalty.
Competence impacts the effective, efficient, timely, safety & quality delivery of patient centered care.