PREVENTION

Actions taken to minimize and/or eliminate social, psychological, or other conditions. Prevention can occur at the individual, group, community, and societal levels and enhances opportunities to achieve positive fulfillment.		  
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  MANAGEMENT

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  PRACTICE

Established actions or ways of proceeding in the regular performance of organizational duties. Policies and procedures often guide practice.		  
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  LIABILITY

An obligation, responsibility, or debt. 		 
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  PLANNING

The process of specifying objectives, evaluating the means for their achievement, and exercising deliberate decision making about appropriate courses of action.		  
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  EVALUATION

The review and assessment of organizational operations, programs and services.		  
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  PERSONNEL

The body of employees and/or volunteers that carries out the organization's tasks under the organization's administration and/or supervision. This definition does not include foster parents who are specifically referenced in relevant standards		  
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  MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

An administrative method used by organizations to gather, process, analyze, maintain, and disseminate data required for effectively carrying out the goals of the organization.		  
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  SERVICE

One or more organization-operated programs or activities that have a common general objective and deploy the organization's material and human resources in a planned and systematic manner. An organization that publicly promotes or identifies itself in writing as offering a service, is licensed to deliver a service, assigns personnel and/or space to a service, or allocates financial resources to a service is considered to offer that service.		  
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  PERFORMANCE

A measure of how well an organizational system provides services to consumers. Performance is often based on key indicators, such as rates of service, cost per consumer, degree of satisfaction with services, and extent of consumer access to services.		  
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Risk Prevention and Management
  
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RPM 5: Information Management and Use

 
The information management system has sufficient capability to support the organization’s operations, planning, and evaluation.
related FIN 1,  FIN 2,  FIN 5,  FIN 6,  FIN 7,  FIN 8,  HR 7,  NET 2.02,  NET 2.03,  NET 7,  PQI 1.04,  PQI 4,  RPM 6,  RPM 7,  RPM 8

RPM 5.01

 
Personnel can rapidly access paper and electronic information.

RPM 5.02

 
Electronic and paper records can be located at all times.

RPM 5.03

 

The organization has a computer-based management information system appropriate to its size and complexity, that permits:

  1. timely access to information about persons served by any part of the organization, or by other practitioners within the organization, to support continuity and integration of care across settings and services;
  2. capturing, tracking, and reporting of financial, compliance, and other business information;
  3. longitudinal reporting and comparison of performance over time; and
  4. the use of clear and consistent formats and methods for reporting and disseminating data.
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PURPOSE: Comprehensive, systematic, and effective risk prevention and management practices reduce the organization’s risk, loss, and liability exposure.
 
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