Safety Module 3: Risk Management

Safety Module 3: Risk Management what is a tool or technique used in the risk identification process ️documentation a major disadvantage of the general occurrence screening process ️the time lag of the review can result in inaccurrate reporting or less detailed reporting not a component of the Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Sit, Wrong Procedure, and Wrong Person ️a check in which section of the drug labeling formal provides practitioners quick information about a drug ️highlights according to the module, what is the most important factor in clinician patient communication ️quality of communication with respect to medical malpractice criteria, what is breach ️a violation of the accepted standard of care nonverbal communication that can help the patient feel comforted ️-making eye contact -nodding in agreement -using appropriate, patient guided touch verbal communcation that can help the patient feel comforted ️explaining a medication regimen who must establish the standard of care in a laawsuit alleging medical negligence ️the plaintiff what criteria must be met to file a suit against a clinician with regard to informed consent ️1. failure to duty to the patient 2. a legally inadequate informed consent 3. evidence of injury to the patient as a result of inadequate consent which legal principle applie to vicarious liability ️respondeat superior in many states, the relative percentages of negligence by each person are usd to determine damages. the standard is knownas ️comparative negligence an intrustion into the personal life of another without just cause is known as ️invasion of privacy according to the module, the most expensive malpractice settlements relate to ️improper treatment related to birth according to the module, all of the following factors can lead to health care litigation ️-unrealistic patient expectations -illegible medical records -professional miscommunication according to the module, this cannot lead to health care litigation ️the number of beds in a facility the 3 types of health care administrative agencies are ️rulemaking, adjudication, investigation