healthcare Risk Management

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Kaplan University School of Health Sciences

HS460 Project Design and Management for Health Care

COURSE #

Unit 2 Assignment:

Risk Management

Unit outcomes addressed in this Assignment:

 Define outcomes

 Understand how to measure outcomes

 Identify risk adjustment

 Design quality assessment tools

Course outcome assessed with this Assignment

 HS460-2: Identify the components of risk management programs.

Instructions You are the Director of Risk Management at a new physician owned hospital. The Chief Operations Officer has assigned you the task of benchmarking outcomes for adverse events. Using the risk adjustment models:  Identify the standard you would use  Explain the steps that you would take when benchmarking an adverse event  Describe the limitations of your outcome measure.

Requirements  Discussion should be 2 pages in length  Refer to the Kaplan University Writing Center for APA requirements and utilize the

Writing Center Resources found in Doc Sharing

Put your responses in a Word document. Save it in a location and with the proper naming convention: username-HS460-section-Unit 2_Assignment.doc (username is your Kaplan username, section is your course section, 2 is your Unit number). When you are ready to submit it, go to the Dropbox and complete the steps below:

1. Click the link that says "Submit an Assignment."

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Kaplan University School of Health Sciences

HS460 Project Design and Management for Health Care

COURSE #

2. In the "Submit to Basket" menu, select Unit 2: Assignment.

3. In the "Comments" field, make sure to add at least the title of your paper.

4. Click the "Add Attachments" button.

5. Follow the steps listed to attach your Word document.

To view your graded work, come back to the Dropbox or go to the Gradebook after your instructor has evaluated it. Make sure that you save a copy of your submitted project. Unit 2 Assignment Grading Rubric = 30 points Assignment Requirements Points possible Points earned

by student

Student identifies the standard being used. 0-10

Student explains the steps for benchmarking an adverse event.

0-10

Student describes the limitations of the outcome measure selected.

0-10

Total (Sum of all points)

Less points deducted for writing, grammar, spelling, APA errors

Adjusted Total Points for Gradebook

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