Risk Management Systems – Improving the Safety and Quality of Care

Do you know what your risk management system should include to achieve effective clinical governance and meet quality standards?

This course will step you though the components of a risk management system and how to use it to monitor risk to demonstrate accountability for ensuring safe high-quality care.

Course outcomes:

• Know the expected risk management documentation to have in place
• Gain ideas for checking if your service has a culture of risk awareness and accountability
• Learn the best practice risk management processes that comply with the International Standard for risk management and quality standards for aged and disability services
• Understand the expected processes for risk escalation, communication and reporting
• Discover ways to use Risk Registers to enable effective clinical governance
• Gain awareness of clinical governance accountabilities for risk management decision making and the role of committees
• Gain case study practice in organisational risk management decision making