2024 OSAP Annual Conference - Risk Assessments Made Simple: How to Conduct (On-Demand)

Risk assessments are fundamental to all successful practices or organizations. They serve to reduce liability and risk exposure in many different areas such as operations, human resources, and legal/regulatory as well as patient safety. Conducting credible risk assessments is the first step in achieving these objectives. Confused by what to assess and how to do a risk assessment? This session will help you identify where to begin and design your risk assessments. You will learn to use a four-step process when conducting assessments—Risk identification, Risk Analysis, Risk Evaluation and Risk Communication. Participants will receive a risk assessment template and walk through the steps of conducting a risk assessment as part of the program.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  1. Identify key areas of risk specific to your practice or organization    
  2. Evaluate risk using three criteria    
  3. Develop a risk assessment for your practice or organization

Steps to Complete Course:

  1. Click on On-Demand Recording below and watch the video
  2. Complete the Assessment (requires a passing score of 70%)
  3. Complete the Evaluation 

Instructors

Linda Harvey, RDH, MS, LHRM, DFASHRM

Linda leverages her unique credentials and expertise to help you and your staff significantly reduce risk and legal liability in your practice. Linda’s services complement practice management consultants whose clients need a specialist in risk management. Along with that, she teaches dentists and physicians how to protect their million-dollar practices through effective risk management and patient safety. Linda’s practical guidance effectively integrates regulatory statutes into your practice to close deficiency gaps in your policies, procedures, and workflow.

Disclosures: No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Olivia Wann, JD

Olivia Wann founded Modern Practice Solutions in the year 2000. She graduated from the Nashville School of Law with a Doctorate in Jurisprudence and continues to consult with dental practices on managing risk in a complex regulatory environment.

Olivia graduated magna cum laude from St. Joseph’s College of Maine with a Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration. She spent her early years as a dental office manager and later served as a dental software support technician for SoftDent. She attended Tennessee Technology Center’s dental assisting course and was registered as a dental assistant for many years. She participated in Georgia Tech’s Course in Occupational Safety & Health Standards for General Industry.

Olivia served as a course instructor for Cross Country Seminars and instructed over 250 lectures in 50 states. She has authored several compliance manuals and has had numerous articles published in industry journals and was one of the contributing authors for the ADA’s publication, Managing the Regulatory Environment: Best Practices.

 

Olivia and her husband, Kevin, reside in Dover, Tennessee, where they raise horses. Olivia also owns a law practice, Olivia Wann – Attorney at Law, where she provides estate planning, business law, entity formation, and services for dental practices in Tennessee.

Disclosures: No relevant financial relationships to disclose.