Risk management in healthcare institutions : limiting liability and enhancing care
/ Florence Kavaler, Raymond S. Alexander
- Third edition
- xxv, 530 pages
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Risk management administrative issues Risk management : an institutional imperative Regulatory environment Risk management in employment Communications to reduce risk Financing risk Ethical issues for risk managers Assuring safety and security in healthcare institutions Part II. Managing risks in clinical services Patient safety tools : integrating quality and managing risk A primer on medical malpractice Strategies to reduce liability : managing physicians and litigation alternatives Risk management in selected high-risk hospital departments Risk management for infection control programs Risk management in psychiatry Telemedicine Part III. Managing risks in other healthcare venues Risk management in ambulatory care settings Risk management in long-term care institutions and services Risk management in office-based surgery