Unit 2 Assignment:  Risk Management
Unit outcomes addressed in this Assignment:
 Define outcomes  Understand how to measure outcomes  Identify risk adjustment  Design quality assessment tools 
Course outcome assessed with this Assignment
 HS460-2: Identify the components of risk management programs. 
Instructions 
You are the Director of Risk Management at a new physician owned hospital. The Chief Operations Officer has assigned you the task of benchmarking outcomes for adverse events.  
Using the risk adjustment models:   Identify the standard you would use  Explain the steps that you would take when benchmarking an adverse event  Describe the limitations of your outcome measure. 
Requirements   Discussion should be 2 pages in length  Refer to the Kaplan University Writing Center for APA requirements and utilize the Writing Center Resources found in Doc Sharing
Put your responses in a Word document. Save it in a location and with the proper naming convention: username-HS460-section-Unit 2_Assignment.doc (username is your Kaplan username, section is your course section, 2 is your Unit number). When you are ready to submit it, go to the Dropbox and complete the steps below: