Administrative Roles in Employee-Focused Organizational Risk Management Strategies and Operational Policies
The different levels of administration and personnel play various significant roles in healthcare ethics and sustaining employee-focused organizational risk management strategies and operational policies. The administrative roles of the risk manager are critical to establishing and sustaining employee-focused risk management strategies within the organization. The risk managers establish the methodologies within the organization to detect, identify, and analyze risks to the cyber-physical infrastructure and their impact on the operations of the health care organization (Kure et al., 2018). The risk manager also develops cost-effective risk management strategies that are tailored to meet the identified risks. The risk manager also educates the employees on cyber security risks and threats and how to remain safe when interacting with interconnected systems.
Cybersecurity risk management and healthcare ethics are the responsibility of all members of the hospital staff. Successful management of cybersecurity challenges within an organization requires the adoption of collaborative strategies to support the management in dealing with related issues (Lezzi et al., 2018). All levels of administration have a role to play in ensuring that the employees adopt the best practices that guarantee cyber hygiene, maintenance of practice ethics, and an understanding of risk management strategies. This includes collaboration with other departmental managers, including operations managers and human resources managers. This collaboration ensures a facility-wide commitment by all employees to ensuring the system’s safety. The operations and HR managers also contribute to establishing a safe and ethical culture by educating the employees on the set standards of quality, safety, and ethical practices. Therefore, all levels of administration have a role in reducing risks related to the operations of the facility.
How the Organization’s Risk Management and Compliance Programs Support Ethical Standards, Patient Consent, and Patient Rights and Responsibilities
Compliance with healthcare security strategies and data security regulations by healthcare organizations shows the ability of the organization to harness information technology resources, the organization’s functional capacity, and managerial capabilities. Adopting risk management and compliance programs helps health organizations achieve accreditation. Accreditation is viewed as an internationally recognized tool that facilitates healthcare organizations to improve decision-making and the quality and safety of practices with notable patient outcomes (Al-Alawy et al., 2021).
My hospital’s risk management and compliance programs have been developed and implemented based on the guidelines of approved MIPAA accreditation organizations. The programs ensure that the employees observe the set practice standards when delivering care and interacting with the patients. The risk management and compliance programs also educate the employees on the various regulations and laws, such as HIPAA and HITECH, and their requirements for using EHRs and maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of aggregated patient data. The programs also educate the employees on the ethics of practice within hospital settings, the rights of the patients to health care services and their health information, and the need to include the patient in the development of their treatment plans. The risk management programs also educate the employees on the need to ensure patient privacy and confidentiality, the basics of the cyber-physical infrastructure, the related threats and risks, and how to ensure the safety of the cyber and physical systems.
Legal and Ethical Responsibilities of Health Care Professionals
The healthcare professionals in my organization understand that they have legal and ethical responsibilities to uphold risk management policies and administer safe health care to patients and the community. The health care professionals understand that every patient within the organization is legally their responsibility. They ensure that the patients are well taken care of and that their care delivery meets their health needs. Healthcare professionals strictly follow all professional standards and ethics of care to help achieve desirable patient health outcomes and experiences. They apply evidence-based practices (EBPs) to minimize the occurrence of risks related to the care provided. EBP has been associated with an increase in the quality of care and patient safety with a positive impact on reducing the cost of care (Tang & Hudson, 2019).
The health professionals also understand that in order to provide care services that meet the preferences of the patients, they need to obtain the patient’s consent to administer the selected treatment. Besides this,