Table of Content
List of Figures and Tables About the Contributors Preface About This Book Part 1: Foundations for Health Care Risk Management 1. The Risk Manager Role(Jeannie Sedwick) 2. The Risk Management Process (Warren T. Hope, PhD) 3. Elements of a Risk Management Program (Sheila R. Hagg-Rickert, JD) 4. Internal and External Relationships (Frances Kurdwanowski and Phillip A. Schaedler, JD) 5. The Health Care Organization Governing Board (James E. Orlikoff) 6. Physician and Allied Health Professional Credentialing (Mark A. Kadzielski, JD, and Elona I. Kogan, JD) Part 2: Risk Identification and Analysis 7. Systems for Risk Identification (Audrone M. Vanagunas) 8. Statutes, Standards, and Regulations (Patricia Scully, JD) 9. Technology Managem(Sally T. Trombly, JD) 10. Occupational and Environmental Risk Exposures for Health Care Facilities (John C. West, JD) 11. High-Risk Clinical Areas (Sylvia M. Brown, JD) 12. Safety and Security (Leilani Kicklighter) 13. Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures (Karen E. Bedford, Corbette S. Doyle, and John F. Roskopf) 14. Risk Management2s Role in a Total Quality Environment (David Meyers and Peggy Berry Martin) Part 3: Risk Management Techniques 15. Informed Consent as a Loss Control Process (Fay A. Rozovsky, JD) 16. Issues Regarding Termination of Treatment(Paul A. Greve, Jr., JD) 17. Data Management(Kirk S. Davis, JD, and Jane C. McConnell, JD) 18. Human Resources Issues (Daniel A. Engel, JD, Barbara J. Calderone, JD, Bonnie G. Lederman, JD, Clinton J. Wesolik, JD, and Michael P. Warnick, JD) 19. Claims and Litigation Management (Ellen L. Barton, JD) 20. Disaster Preparedness(Denny Drake, JD) 21. Overview of Insurance Principles (Sanford M. Bragman) 22. Risk Funding and Other Financing Techniques (Brad R. Norrick) 23. Request for Proposals (Roberta L. Carroll) Part 4: Implementation and Monitoring of the Risk Management Program 24. The Risk Manager2s Role in Contract Review (Peggy L. B. Nakamura, JD) 25. Development of the Risk Management Program (Jane M. Bryant) 26. Creative Staffing(Dorothy Bazan and Lillian P. Karson) 27. Information Technologies and Risk Management (Ronni P. Solomon, JD) 28. Benchmarking (Kathleen M. Roman) 29. Clinical Practice Guidelines (by Lorie Larsen-Denning, Catherine Rommal, and Annie Stoekmann, JD) 30. Accreditation, Licensure, and Surveying Bodies(Jonathan T. Lord, MD) Index
