R601/1436 Unit 11 Principles of Implementing the Duty of Care in Health and Social Care in Children and Young People Settings Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice 1 Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role Duty of care is defined simply as a legal obligation to : Always act in the best interest of individuals in care and others Not act or fail to act in a way that results in harm Act within own competence and not take on anything not believe we can
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IMPLEMENTING LEAN SIX SIGMA FOR PROCESS IMPROVEMENT ILI MARINI BT ZAINAL ABIDIN 1. ABSTRACT Lean Six Sigma approach is recognized widely and has been implemented predominately in manufacturing rather than other industries. To illustrate the point‚ this paper draws attention to the adoption of Lean Six Sigma in various industries with a case study. The combination of Lean tools and Six Sigma methodology is used to improve the process and quality by eliminating the variations and
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Future Trends in Health Care HCS/533 February 3‚ 2014 Professor Derrick Dugeon Future Trends in Health Care The use of telehealth and telemedicine technologies are predicted to provide a benefit to both health care providers and the patients they treat. With the right mix of technology telehealth will provide the physicians and the patients with a means to have a face-to-face way to perform an evaluation and assessment. This technology also offers the capacity to manage
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Creating and Implementing a Balanced Scorecard: The Case of the Ministry of Works - Bahrain “The Ministry of Works is a world-class application: the organisation is committed to investing in the future of itself and the country by building on the best management techniques they can find. Their programme is as good as anything we have seen.” Dr David Norton – Co-creator of the Balanced Scorecard For more information please visit: www.ap-institute.com Creating and Implementing a Balanced Scorecard:
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Abstract This paper explores the “best practices” of identifying and implementing quality philosophies within an organization. Identifying and documenting best practices serves as a learning tool for those who wish to implement and sustain value added quality processes to their organization in an efficient and effective manner‚ while also avoiding the pitfalls of processes that simply do not work. While this paper will specifically focus on the best practices of Total Quality Management (TQM); it
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Risk Management Worksheet Gustav Viale University of Phoenix HCS/451 June 1‚ 2012 Nathanial Elam Risk Management Worksheet * | Risk Management | Quality Management | How does the leadership and governance of a health care organization influence the development and implementation of risk-management and quality-management policies? | 1. Communication to areas needing help with risk management.2. Support through the process.3. Controlled risk activities with risk profiling
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Rehabilitation Centers: An Integral Part of Patient Care HCS 212 Rehabilitation Centers: An Integral Part of Patient Care Rehabilitation centers are designed to help “restore some or all of a patient’s physical‚ sensory and mental capabilities that were lost due to injury‚ illness or disease” (Farlex‚ 2012). Many doctors will prescribe rehabilitation services after a patient has suffered through an amputation‚ neurological issues‚ a variety of orthopedic injuries‚ spinal cord injuries
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Role of Management Functions Used by Health Care Managers Laura Ayers HCS/325 July 30‚ 2012 Dawn Sienkiewicz Role of Management Functions Used by Health Care Managers Today‚ health care managers are responsible for many things to make a health facility run efficiently. The management process includes: organization‚ planning‚ controlling and leading. Health care managers must be able to control. They must be able to determine how to measure their employees’ performances and take actions
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Preparing for Strategic Change Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs Health Care Communication Strategies HCS 320 Terrie Rill April 14‚ 2013 Preparing for Strategic Change How to integrate teams‚ planning‚ and training to provide a successful outcome of the Long-term care electronic medical record. Teams Using teams to maintain an effective medical record is a vital part of the updating process. Teams will allow the Long-term facility to maintain a current patient record. Planning Planning the update of the
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Future Trends in Health Care HCS/533 2014 Future Trends in Health Care Introduction Health care providers depend on technology more now than in the past. Health care facilities are changing to electronic medical records‚ participating in videoconferencing to exchange health information‚ utilizing remote health care services remotely as in telemedicine (Health Care Business Technology‚ 2014). The use of mobile technologies like smartphones and tablets are beneficial to the patient and health
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