For the Unit 7 assessment, you identified one specific risk management issue which is (risk of loss prevention and control, risk transfer, patient safety and claim management ). For this particular discussion thread, discuss how you would implement the Plan, Do, Check, and Act (PDCA) method for your chosen risk management issue. PDCA is considered a quality improvement method based on Deming’s 1950 work. “PDCA is based on the scientific method of proposing a change in process, implementing the change, measuring the results, and taking appropriate action” (Carroll, 2009, p. 459).
Be sure to reflect on the use of the PDCA analysis:
1.Plan: Determine goals for a process and changes needed to achieve them.
2.Do: Implement the changes
3.Check: Evaluate the results in terms of performance.
4.Act: Standardize and stabilize the change or begin the cycle again, depending on the results (p. 459).
Describe how you would apply the PDCA cycle to your risk management issue choice. In a 250- to 300-word analysis, discuss each step. Be sure to provide at least a sentence on recommendations that you would make to senior management, the board of directors, or the facility administrator or CEO.
