Question

Please answer the following questions in 350 words count in your own words for the following question.

Part 2: In the health care industry, change occurs quickly and many times without warning. In an effort to address such changes, contingency planning is a key step in the strategic planning process. Contingency planning follows a 7-step process to achieve maximum effectiveness. Assume that you are formulating the contingency plans for an outpatient surgical center.

• Identify the 7 steps in the contingency planning process, and explain how each step will be addressed for the surgical center.

• Be sure to provide a properly cited response that includes references

Answer 1

The 7 steps in the contingency planning process are as following

1. Identify both the benefits and unfavourable events

Before setting up the surgical center it is a must to identify what are the expected unto towards events of a surgery if problems arises

2.Specify trigger points

The potential risk events has to be known earlier.For example during a procedure if their is shortage of medical equipment for a procedure,extra equipment has to be kept in earlier

3.Assess the impact and potential benefits and harms

Every procedure has its own side effects,though done for the beneficience of th patient.for example,if a patient under goes foley's catheterization, it also has a harmful effect of infection.so precaution has to be taken to prevent it

4.Develop contingency plans

Th contingency plans has to be compatible with the current strategy.The plans should be simple and easy to be implemented

5.Assess the counter impacts

This will enable by strengthening the planning process.

6.Determine and monitor early warning signals

An advanced action plan has to be fpdine in prior .for example if their is fire,the evacuation has to be planned earlier to save life and prevent major infrastructure loss

7.Communicate and rehearse

This plays the vital role to avoid major complications and rehearsing the plann and implementing.