RISK SCENARIO

Risk Scenario Case Study



Risk Scenario Case Study

Introduction

The issue of risk scenario carries immense importance for most of the hospitals that are part of the healthcare setting. However, there is not only one scenario that can affect the hospitals but there are several scenarios that can create an impact on the functions of the hospital. There are three scenarios that would be highlighted in the current topic. These three scenarios have a tendency to put a hospital at risk for financial stability. The first scenario that can produce a negative impact on the hospital risk is related to patient care and safety. The second scenario is related to the physical plant. The third and last scenario is related to staffing. The role of HIM practitioner in this regard would be very important. They would serve as a clinical quality assessment resource and as a team member to perform their tasks related to healthcare work. Therefore, all the issues related to three scenarios will be discussed in detail.

First Scenario

The exposure of the small cuts of living with the personal traumas of preventable medical errors requires more than attention to the quality of health care provided. Medical errors, or any preventable event, such as a mistake related to medication, a mistake in diagnosing or treating a condition, or a problem with medical equipment may cause or lead to unintended outcome or patient harm. The clinical researcher needs to include a return to patient-centeredness. Even though patient centered care is widely understood to be a key component for enhanced health care, the term is interpreted a number of different ways in medical literature. The definitions of patient-centeredness range from patient satisfaction about interactions with health care providers, to the role of patient/physician attitudes, to how health care systems might affect patient-centered care. Patient-centeredness is often explained in terms of patient satisfaction or the perceived social distance between the patient and the health care practitioner. For example, the researcher in 2003 found that race-concordant visits with their physician were longer in duration and perceived by the patient to be more positive and patient-centered. They viewed concordance in patient-physician relationships as perceived similarities of the patient with their physician on two dimensions: (a) personal beliefs and values; and (b) ethnicity (in race and community). Perceived similarities enhanced levels of trust, satisfaction, and intention to adhere to treatment protocol, whereas other factors suchas patient-centered communication and efficacy of the patient influenced a sense of concordance (Arrow, 1963).

These findings suggest that factors such as patient and physician attitudes, as well as race concordance, play a role in patient-centered care. Another interpretation of patient-centered care suggests it is derived through the enablement of patients to share in their treatment decision making process. In this case, patient-centered care is a function of the quality of the decision made, through a shared decision-making process with the patient, which leads to efficient health care and a more patient-centered care model. The systems approach to patient-centered care pertains to improving ...