HACM9202 Safety and Quality in Health Care

Sean Smith

2012

4.5

1 x 1-week intensive workshop per semester

HSMT9007 has been successfully completed

Topic only available to students meeting the eligibility requirements for entry to the postgraduate health administration programs.

Assignments; Tutorial participation

The topic examines current trends in risk management. In particular, it explores the content and relationship between: medico-legal issues; consumer rights and services; occupational health systems; quality of service strategies; the systems and structures for the management of the law: medicine interface.

The topic aims to provide students with a detailed understanding of a risk management tool (the current Australia and New Zealand Risk Management Standards) and its particular application in the health care system. This includes the integration of risk management within the overall management task and its application to the professional culture of health care organisations, in the form of clinical governance.

On completion of the topic students should have:

An ability to use the Guidelines for Managing Risk in the Health Sector associated with the current AS/NZS Risk Management Standards, in their work setting.
A grounded understanding of the application of clinical governance in health care organisations.
A general appreciation of risk management in other organisational settings.
An appreciation of the use of quality improvement techniques in clinical governance.
An introduction to the legislative and regulatory requirements of health care organisations.
An understanding of the link between clinical and corporate governance.
An appreciation of emerging trends in clinical governance and risk management.
A knowledge of resources and sources of information about clinical governance and risk management.

Key dates and timetable

Timetable details for 2012 are no longer published.

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