Integrating Healthcare Risk Management into Routine Acute Care - Multi-media, Interactive Course (Under Construction NOW)

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  Integrating Healthcare Risk Management into Routine Acute Care

  In this course the participant will learn the importance of Risk Management in Healthcare and how any healthcare worker can help to minimize or eliminate potential risk.  It is intended to help those healthcare workers who are not Healthcare Risk Managers to better understand the importance of integrating risk management thinking into their routine practice. Those who are Healthcare Risk Managers may wish to recommend this course to co-workers.

  To complete this course, start at the introduction, the proceed through the lessons in order.  Module quizzes must be completed with a score of not less than 80% to proceed to the next module.  When all modules have been completed, participants can take the final exam and receive a certificate of completion.
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  Risk Management - What, Where, When, and Why?

  Module One

  In this module, we will define Healthcare Risk Management and provide reasons why it is so essential in healthcare to promote safety and quality for both patients and staff. In this broad overview, we will explore how risk management touches everything we do!

  • START HERE! Introduction to Risk Management in Healthcare - Two-minute Video

  • Video: Introduction to Healthcare Risk Management Page

    Watch this two-minute video to introduce you to the world of Healthcare Risk Management.

  • Module One Lessons

  • Lesson One - Tell me a bit about Healthcare Risk Management
  • Lesson Two - What Could Possibly go Wrong in Healthcare?
  • Lesson Three - Just How Much Medical Error is There?
  • Module One Discussion Forum

  • Share your thoughts on risk management - Medical Error Forum
  • Module One Quiz

  • Take the Module One Quiz
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  How do you Manage Risks in Healthcare?

  Module Two

  Healthcare is gaining in complexity in all directions - everyday!  All of us need help to get control the constant change to reduce medical error and harm!  In this Module, we will explore tools to manage risks in healthcare, where to find opportunity, and how to promote a culture of safety where each employee makes the difference to protect patients, visitors, volunteers, and staff from harm.

  • Module Two Lessons

  • Lesson Four - What are the Elements of Managing Risk in Healthcare?
  • Lesson Five - Application Scenario
  • Patient Advocacy and Disclosure Lesson
  • Module Two Wrap-Up Video

  • Module Two Discussion Forum

  • Share your thoughts on managing risk Forum
  • Module Two Quiz

  • Module Two Quiz
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  A Proactive Integrated Culture of Risk, Safety, and Quality

  Module Three

  In this module, we will look High Reliability Organizations and how to "First Protect Patients from Harm"! (What is the ideal going forward?  How will we know when we are there?)

  

  • Module Three Introductory Video  - Health Literacy video?

  • Module Three Lessons

  • Just Culture and Human Factors Lesson
  • Other Advantages to Integration of Risk Management Lesson
  • Module Three Wrap-Up Video

  • Module Three Discussion Forum

  • Share your thoughts on the challenge of integrating risk management Forum
  • Module Three Quiz

  • Module Three Quiz
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  Final Exam

  Take your final exam here.  You cannot open the exam until you have completed all of the modules and attained a score of not less than 80% on each of the module quizzes.  Good luck!

  • Final Exam Quiz
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  Get Your Certificate

  After completing all modules and passing the final exam, you can collect your certificate of completion here.  The certificate will also be emailed to the address you provided.  All certificates are kept here in a database, available to you when you log in.

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