DQ 4.docx - Risk management functions and quality...

Risk management functions and quality improvement functions in an organization can overlap in
terms of addressing patient and staff safety. For example, this includes the declared pregnancy
safety requirement, any COVID PPE safety issue, quarantine, or sanitation occupational safety
standards. Using information from your employer/organization's risk management plan, or that
of an allied health care organization in your city or region, identify and summarize two functions
that commonly overlap in this manner. What common factors lead to the overlap? Does the
structure work for the organization you selected? Why or why not?
Hello Everyone,
The difference between risk management in healthcare comprises the clinical and
administrative systems, processes, and reports employed to detect, monitor, assess, mitigate, and
prevent risks . While quality improvement seeks to standardize processes and structure to
reduce variation, achieve predictable results, and improve outcomes for patients,
healthcare systems, and organizations (CMS, 2021). With Fresenius Kidney Care, patient and
employer safety is priority, especially when it comes to a time of COVID-19 and immune
compromise patients.
All employees must be trained to COVID PPE that workers may need for protection from
exposures to SARS-CoV-2 in areas with community transmission are included but not limited to
eye protection, N95, gowns, gloves, and facemasks. Employers should also continue to
implement universal cloth face coverings, basic hygiene, physical distancing, workplace
controls, flexibilities (e.g., sick leave, telework), and employee training described in this and
other OSHA and CDC guidance in ways that reflect the risk of community spread of SARS-
CoV-2 (United States Department of Labor, 2021). Constantly improving and making sure to

keep patients safe by continuing to use the guidelines provided will help prevent any further
issues.
Best Regards,
Marsil Sidhom
Citation:
CMS. (2021, March 31). Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement | CMS. Retrieved
November 2, 2021, from -
Assessment-Instruments/MMS/Quality-Measure-and-Quality-Improvement-
United States Department of Labor. (2021, October 1). COVID-19 - Control and Prevention |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Retrieved November 3, 2021, from
Locate and select an article that discusses performance-based trends in patient safety, risk
management, or quality management in health care organizations. Provide a summary of your
findings and explain how and why the trends would or would not be effective or successful in
your workplace or in an allied health organization in your chosen field.