Discussion: Occupational Safety HLT 308
Discussion: Occupational Safety HLT 308
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), and The Joint Commission (TJC) have all identified the importance of having a risk management program in place to address infection control in health care organizations. Describe three measures that your health care organization (or any health care organization) must implement in order to provide safe health care services. (For example, placing hand washing stations at all public entrances to the health care facility.) Two peer-reviewed references should be used to back up your response.
DQ 1 for HLT 308V Week 5
Various regulatory and government agencies are posing numerous challenges to health care organizations. View the video “College of Nursing and Health Care Professions: Do We Know What Our Future Is?” for more information on the challenges of health care reform.
http://lc.gcumedia.com/zwebassets/courseMaterialPages/nur508 healthcare-reform-video-series-v1.1.php
Explain two key factors that you believe future health care workers and leaders will need to address based on this video. Within the media piece, you can download slides from this video.
DQ 2 for HLT 308V Week 5
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 emphasized provider compliance with anti-fraud, anti-waste, and
anti-abuse laws. Identify three measures that your health care agency (or a related health care agency) has begun or may begin to implement in order to comply with these measures. Two peer-reviewed articles should be used to back up your analysis.
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