Portfolio Milestone Quality and Risk Management

PORTFOLIO MILESTONE QUALITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT Name: Institutional Affiliation: Portfolio Milestone Quality and Risk Management Sentinel events are considered as unplanned occurrences that involve serious injuries and death including psychological injuries on patients, an aspect that denotes the need for immediate investigations and response(Huang, et.al.2014). The top sentimental events used in this study include suicide and wrong site surgeries. These events result from systematic problems and may not be considered as a mistake of an individual. The primary root cause of these events includes inadequacies in communication resulting from wrong assessments of a patient’s condition. On the other hand, improper trainings, inadequate leadership skills, and orientations are also perceived as contributors to these sentinel events(Huang, et.al.2014). Other causes that play a significant role in sentinel events include great patient acuity, comorbidities among the patients, the dependence on medical technologies, the reduced stay in hospitals, and the shortages in health workers. System Factors that Influence Organizational Performance There are several approaches that are used to guide studies driven towards examining the system designs that relate to the safety of patients and the handling of medical errors (Hampton, 2011). The Donabedians model, SEIPS model, Reason/Vincent models are consequently used in this process. These models consequently suggest different work systems that include: 1 Factors related to the Individuals such as educational qualifications, psychological characters, skills, motivation of individuals, and different needs. 2 Factors related to the environment that includes loyalty, the design of different work stations, lighting, humidity, and layout (Hampton, 2011). 3 Factors that relate to tasks meted out such as time pressures, job content, challenges, job demands, the increase of workloads, and autonomy (Andersen, & Schrøder, 2012). 4 Factors related to an organization such as work schedules, team work, supervisory and management approaches, collaboration, communication, and organizational culture. 5 Factors related to technology that includes electronic health records, medical devices, bar coding modifications, and human factors that relate to the usability of technologies (Andersen, & Schrøder, 2012). AccreditationStandards and How They Guide Performance Health care institutions need to be accredited in a bid to mete out medical care in a satisfactory manner through the organization and dispensation of medical resources e...