• Overview
  • Explain the basic concepts of quality improvement in the health care industry.
  • Explain the basic concepts of risk management in the health care industry.

Decision-Making Processes

• Explain the information needed for making risk-management and quality-management decisions in the health care industry. Consider the following in your explanation:
  • How do you identify your areas of concern?
  • What data do you need to validate your concerns?
  • What process or methods do you use to ensure consistency in making evidence-based decisions?

Risk-Management Tools and Strategies

• Evaluate 2 risk-management tools or strategies used in the health care industry. Include the following:
  • Explain the purpose of each tool or strategy.
  • Explain the advantages and disadvantages of each of the tools or strategies you selected.

Quality-Management Tools and Strategies

• Evaluate 2 quality-management tools or strategies used in the health care industry. Include the following:
  • the purpose of each tool or strategy.
  • Explain the advantages and disadvantages of each of the tools or strategies you selected.

Summary

• Explain challenges in applying risk- and quality-management decisions in the health care industry.