Health risk management training helps you maintain a safe medical facility.
Health risk management programs cover a broad range of risks, from risk prevention to what to do when a patient sues. Those who undertake this training learn spot and prevent risks related to hygiene and practice. A health risk management certificate can count towards your continuing education credits (CME, or Continuing Medical Education) as a nurse or doctor, and can aid you in seeking official licensing as a health care risk manager from a state. Courses vary from online classes to residencies and on-site training. They are also useful to insurance professionals who also deal with health care risk.
University of South Florida
The University of South Florida health care risk management course is a 120-hour, online class. You take the class at your own pace, but must finish within four to six months. This certificate counts towards your CME, and qualifies you to seek licensing from the State of Florida. You learn about the background and history of risk management, health care standards, and topics such as malpractice suits and insurance. You will also learn techniques for integrating risk management with an overall improvement in health care facilities. The course consist of 14 units, each with online and textbook reading and a related exercise. You can also watch a weekly lecture. To qualify, you must pass 13 of the 14 exercises, watch at least 10 hours of lectures, complete a case study and attain at least a 70 percent grade on the final exam, which is multiple choice.
Continuing Professional Education
University of South Florida
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
MDC 60
Tampa, FL 33612-4799
800-852-5362/813-974-4296
cme.hsc.usf.edu
American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM)
The ASHRM Healthcare Risk Management course is a three-day residential course in either Chicago, Illinois or Tampa, Florida. The course consists of three modules: essentials, applications and advanced forum. Essentials covers the basics of risk management, including identify risks, pay for them (through insurance) and develop management programs. Applications includes topics such as getting licensed as a health care risk manager, preparing for emergencies and other practical applications of the training. The advanced forum module covers issues such as ethics, contracts and communications with higher-ups in the healthcare facility. You will take lectures, participate in classroom discussions and exercises, and will undertake a case study. If you wish, you may also take the final exam which gives you a certificate suitable for CME credits.
American Society for Healthcare Risk Management
155 North Wacker, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60606
312-422-3980
ashrm.org
Ohio University Without Boundaries
Ohio University takes a hands-on approach to its health care risk management qualification. The course lasts six months and blends online courses with a trio of three-day workshops. You will meet other course participants at the workshops, then work with them on two, three-month online projects and case studies. The studies cover three areas: respond to risks, develop a program to protect against risk, and risk financing. The online projects provide a framework for similar decision-making situations in your work. After finishing the course, you will know about regulations, standards and laws, be able to recognize risks and plan for them, and produce risk management reports. You will also learn about developing relations with the media and planning ahead for problems, along with pick liability coverage, work with insurance brokers and know your way around an insurance policy. Upon successful completion of the course, you will be a certified health care risk manager.
OHIC Insurance/The Doctors Company
155 East Broad St.
Columbus, OH 43215
614-221-7777/800-666-6442
ouwb.ohiou.edu
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