leardership management

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In this assignment you will explore three important areas of management:

· Decisions

· Managing Human Resources

· Managing Risk

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· If necessary, go the extra mile and give examples to illustrate your point.

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Question 1:

As a manager at Bay Station Healthcare System, you learn that your employer plans to transition from a paper record to an electronic health record (EHR). The senior executive team anticipates that there will be some risk associated with the implementation of an electronic health record. While discussing these risks, it was identified that the following risks would be prevalent during the change process:

a. Decrease in turn-around time for medical record requests due to learning curve

b. Incomplete documentation from physicians and support staff

c. Maintaining the confidentiality, privacy and security of patients

d. Increase in capital costs for the healthcare facility

e. Insufficient return on investment of EMR system

f. Increased costs to patients for healthcare services

g. Decrease in efficiency and effectiveness during rollout

h. Downtime due to system maintenance

Refer to “Risk Management Strategies for the Physician Office: Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management" article, pages 6 through 12, to complete this assignment.

To assist the Bay Station team with eliminating and/or reducing some of the risks associated with transitioning to EHR,define the term risk and risk identification.

TIP:

· See page 154, Chapter 5 Essentials of Contemporary Management textbook

· See page 7, Risk Management Strategies for the Physician Office: Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management article. {Located in Reading Materials}

20points

Directions to complete Question 1:

· Use short responses, in complete sentences with proper grammar and spelling

· Length of response should not be less than8 to 10sentences.

Risk:

Type your answer here

Risk Identification:

Type your answer here

OPTIONAL : Feel free to go the extra mile!

If you used resources to help you answer your question (for example: your textbook, a web page, or an article) please list the name and location of your source below. Be sure to rewrite your answer in your own words. Help is available!Contact your instructor or Academic Coaching or visit the Student Success Center.

Optional:

Type your resources here….. For example: Essentials of Contemporary Management, 5th ed., page 14

Question 2:

List the steps in the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Process.

TIP:

· See page 7, Risk Management Strategies for the Physician Office: Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management article. (The ERM process includes major components) {Located in Reading Materials}

10points

Directions to complete Question2:

· Use short responses, in complete sentences with proper grammar and spelling

· Length of response should not be less than8 to 10 sentences.

The steps in the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Process are:

Type your answer here

OPTIONAL : Feel free to go the extra mile!

If you used resources to help you answer your question (for example: your textbook, a web page, or an article) please list the name and location of your source below. Be sure to rewrite your answer in your own words. Help is available! Contact your instructor or Academic Coaching or visit the Student Success Center.

Optional:

Type your resources here….. For example: Essentials of Contemporary Management, 5th ed., page 14

Question 3:

As a manager at Bay Station Healthcare System, you learn that your employer plans to transition from a paper record to an electronic health record (EHR). The senior executive team anticipates that there will be some risk associated with the implementation of an electronic health record. While discussing these risks, it was identified that the following risks would be prevalent during the change process:

a. Decrease in turn-around time for medical record requests due to learning curve

b. Incomplete documentation from physicians and support staff

c. Maintaining the confidentiality, privacy and security of patients

d. Increase in capital costs for the healthcare facility

e. Insufficient return on investment of EMR system

f. Increased costs to patients for healthcare services

g. Decrease in efficiency and effectiveness during rollout

h. Downtime due to system maintenance

For each risk identified by the senior executive team, match the risk to the appropriate risk domain in the table below.

TIP:

· See page 8, Risk Management Strategies for the Physician Office: Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management article.{Located in Reading Materials}

15 points

Directions to complete Question 3:

· Click on “Choose an item” and click on the down arrow to access the Risk Domain.

Question 4: As a manager at Bay Station Healthcare System, you learn that your employer plans to transition from a paper record to an electronic health record (EHR). The senior executive team anticipates that there will be some risk associated with the implementation of an electronic health record. While discussing these risks, it was identified that the following risks would be prevalent during the change process:

a. Decrease in turn-around time for medical record requests due to learning curve

b. Incomplete documentation from physicians and support staff

c. Maintaining the confidentiality, privacy and security of patients

d. Increase in capital costs for the healthcare facility

e. Insufficient return on investment of EMR system

f. Increased costs to patients for healthcare services

g. Decrease in efficiency and effectiveness during rollout

h. Downtime due to system maintenance

Limiting the severity of risk is a part of the risk response action plan known as risk reduction. Choose ONE of the risks identified by the senior executive team and suggest ONE action which could be implemented by management to reduce (or eliminate) the risk.

TIP:

· See page 9-12, Risk Management Strategies for the Physician Office: Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management article.{Located in Reading Materials}

25 points

Directions to complete Question 4:

· Click on “Choose an item” and click on the down arrow. Choose ONE of the risks.

· Suggest ONE action for the risk you chose.

· Use short responses, in complete sentences with proper grammar and spelling

· Length of response should not be less than 8 to 10 sentences.

Click below to choose ONE risk: Choose an item.

Suggest ONE action for the risk you chose above:

Type your answer here

OPTIONAL : Feel free to go the extra mile!

If you used resources to help you answer your question (for example: your textbook, a web page, or an article) please list the name and location of your source below. Be sure to rewrite your answer in your own words. Help is available! Contact your instructor or Academic Coaching or visit the Student Success Center.

Optional:

Type your resources here….. For example: Essentials of Contemporary Management, 5th ed., page 14

You will earn additional points if you correctly submit the worksheet to the assignment dropbox.

5 points

You will earn additional points if you use proper sentence structure, grammar and spelling.

5 points

TOTAL POINTS

80 points

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