Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations
Three Volume Set, 5th Edition

By Roberta Carroll, Series Editor

2006; Jossey-Bass; Hardcover; 1940 pages in 3 volumes Member Price $375.95 $338.36 List Price $375.95 $338.36 Order #10801 (Member/Non-Member pricing will be calculated at final checkout.) Quantity:

 

Continuing its superiority in the health care risk management field, The Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations (5th Edition), is written by the key practitioners and consultants in the field. The Handbook is designed to educate the risk management professional on an enterprise-wide basis on both clinical and non-clinical topics in different care settings. It offers strategies to eliminate or minimize risks wherever possible. Volume I, a risk management primer, incorporates the basic elements of risk management.

Topics include:

• Basics of Health Care Enterprise Risk
• Development of a Risk Management Program
• Documentation and Medical records
• Basic Claims Administration
• Contract Review Primer for the Risk Management Professional
• Emergency Management
• The Basics of Occupational and Environmental Health.

Volume II focuses on patient safety and the operational risk inherent in all healthcare organizations with particular emphasis on clinical risk. The role of the risk manager in patient safety will be a common underlying theme.

Topics include:

• Patient Safety
• Risk Management's Role in Performance Improvement
• Clinical Crisis Management
• Perinatal Risk Management.

Volume III, covers the complex risk issues and will cover legal, regulatory, technology, human resources and risk financing.

Topics include:

• Risk Mapping
• Employment Practices Liability
• Evolving Risk in Telemedicine
• Risk Management Information Systems
• Absence and Productivity Management.

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Table of Contents

Volume I, a risk management primer, incorporates the basic elements of risk management. Several topics will be given a more comprehensive treatment in one of the other two volumes. This volume is also perfect as a general overview and used by academia.

• A wealth of checklists and detailed, up-to-date explanations of regulatory and legal changes will help novice and veteran risk managers learn to manage risk effectively.
• Basics of Health Care Enterprise Risk Management
• Health Care Legal Concepts
• Introduction to American law
• Governance of Health Care Organizations
• Development of a Risk Management Program
• The Health Care Risk Management Professional
• Risk Management Metrics
• Ethics in Patient Care
• Patient Communication
• Physician and Allied Health Professional Credentialing
• Documentation and Medical records
• Basic Claims Administration
• Contract Review Primer for the Risk Management Professional
• Information Technology and Risk Management
• Health Information Management
• Introduction to Risk Financing
• Insurance Basics: Principles and Coverages
• Organizational Staffing
• Emergency Management
• The Basics of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volume II, focuses on patient safety and the operational risk inherent in all healthcare organizations with particular emphasis on clinical risk. The role of the risk manager in patient safety will be a common underlying theme. Topics include:

• Patient Safety
• Risk Management's Role in Performance Improvement
• Clinical Crisis Management
• Informed Consent
• Clinical Research
• Medication Safety
• The Risk Manager & Biomedical Technology
• Primary & Ambulatory Care
• Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Services
• Emergency Department
• Behavioral Health
• Critical Care
• Perinatal Risk Management
• Pediatrics
• Operating Room
• Laboratory
• Radiology
• Home Care Services
• Post Acute & Long Term Care

Volume III, covers the complex risk issues and will cover legal, regulatory, technology, human resources and risk financing. Topics include:

• Risk Mapping
• Managed Care
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Workers' Compensation
• Occupational & Environmental Risk Exposures
• Employment Practices Liability
• Emerging Liabilities in Partnerships, JV, and Collaborative Relationships
• Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
• Advertising Liability
• Claims and Litigation Management
• Risk Financing Techniques
• Request for Proposals
• Evolving Risk in Telemedicine
• Risk Management Information Systems
• Statutes, Standards, and Regulation
• Accreditation, Licensure, and Surveying Bodies
• HIPAA: Privacy and Security
• Corporate Compliance
• Absence and Productivity Management

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