In 24 concise chapters, this comprehensive introduction provides a perfect overview to prepare students, or working professionals in health care or law, enter the field of health care risk management and patient safety.  Readers will be provided an understanding of general risk management techniques; standards of health care risk management administration; federal, state and local laws; and methods for integrating patient safety and enterprise risk management into a comprehensive risk management program.

Each chapter will have key points, standardized introduction, list of key terms, and discussion questions. A separate downloadable instructors’ manual will have additional support tools for the instructor.

Chapter topics include:

·   Enterprise Risk Management in Health Care – The Basics

·   Health Care Legal Concepts

·   Governance of the Health Care Organization

·   Development of a Risk Management Program

·   The Health Care Risk Management Professional

·   Risk Management Metrics

·   Ethics in Patient Care

·   Interpersonal Communication Skills: The Ultimate Loss Control Technique

·   Physician and Allied Health Professionals Credentialing

·   Documentation and the Medical Record

·   Basic Claims Administration

·   A Contract Review Primer for Risk Management

·   Information Technologies and Risk Management

·   Health Information Management

·   Introduction to Risk Financing

·   Insurance: Basic Principles and Coverages

·   Organizational Staffing

·   Emergency  Management

·   Occupational Safety , Health ad Environmental Impairment: A Brief Overview

·   Early Warning Systems for the Identification Organizational

·   Patient Safety and the Risk Management Professional

·   Risk Management’s Role in Performance Improvement

·   The Risk management Professional and Medication Safety