Risk management uses certain documents to track incidents. It will help you to become familiar with the kind of information that goes into these documents. This week, you will create and fill in a quality improvement chart for the high-risk area you selected in Week 1.
Use the matrix below to design your quality improvement chart. Show all the indicators you selected in the chart.
Quality Improvement Activity Schedule
Standards |
Severity of Risk |
Performance Indicator |
Level of Performance / Threshold |
Compliance in Percent |
Status |
Plan of Correction |
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Qtr 1 |
Qtr 2 |
Qtr 3 |
Qtr 4 |
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Under standards, you may include areas such as the following:
IC: Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of Infection HR: Management of Human Resources
EC: Management of the Environment of Care IM: Management of Information
MM: Medication Management LD: Leadership
NPSG: National Patient Safety Goals PI: Improving Organizational Performance
PC: Provision of Care, Treatment, and Services RI: Ethics, Rights, and Responsibilities
Severity of risk may be designated as follows:
H: High risk M/H: Medium/high risk M: Medium risk L: Low risk
Compliance (in percent) may be entered on a monthly, quarterly, bi-annual, or annual schedule. The matrix here shows quarterly compliance schedule. Adjust it as necessary.
To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.