Risk management in Healthcare. Creation of Safety Culture

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Summary Brief
Risk management plays a critical role in any organization. In a healthcare organization, there is a need to improve the patient safety by including the behavior in a safety culture within the organization. Having a proper risk management system can lead to the maintenance of high-quality patient care. Managers are tasked with the responsibility of designing and implementing of constant improvement of risk management strategies by engaging all the stakeholders. Active participation of the management and involving all the stakeholders is the only sure way of enhancing a viable and robust safety culture within an organization.
Creation of Safety Culture
Creating a safety culture is never an easy task because it involves a continuous effort and systematic evaluation of the steps taken. However, that does not mean that it is not attainable. If a proper follow-up process is put in place by the management and evaluated on a periodic basis, then there is no doubt that it can be achieved (Kim, Park & Park, 2016). Another element that matters a lot is the management and the employees’ commitment. Both the parties and safety measures must embrace the culture should be met and followed in the daily activities. When the employees encounter regular application of safety measures, the organization is likely to develop a safety culture. Many other steps must be followed to create a working safety culture in a healthcare organization.
To begin with, developing a safety culture would require a certain level of safety awareness such as coming up with safety tips and warning messages on notice boards and posters within the organization. All the employees should be able to understand the risks involved in the case a safety measure is not followed. Initiatives may make the employees understand and recognize the safety concerns (Kim, Park & Park, 2016). For instance, physical safety concerns such as slip in case of spills ought to be explained to employees and why, perhaps, neglect of a spill may lead to a disastrous physical problem. Taking time to address physical hazards may bear some fruit and play a significant role in creating a safety culture within an organization.
Also, coming up with a safety committee may help in the implementation process. The committee may devise strategies that can be used to promote safety within the organization such as proposing an incentive program that can make the workers embrace and adopt safety measures in the fastest way possible (Kim, Park & Park, 2016). The committee should be given enough resources and power that can help it carry its activities smoothly. They may, for instance, propose training programs either internally or externally and develop accountability systems that can be used in assessing the outcome of training (Kim, Park & Park, 2016). The management, alongside the safety committee, may choose safety goals as well as activities that can ensure everyone takes responsibility for the safety concern. If safety becomes everyone's responsibility, then it is likely to become a culture.
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