Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations, 6th Edition, (3 Volume Set)

Title: Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations, 6th Edition, (3 Volume Set)
Author: American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM), Roberta Carroll
ISBN: 0470620803 / 9780470620809
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 2208
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Year: 2010
Availability: Out of Stock

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Continuing its superiority in the health care risk management field, this sixth edition of The Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations is written by the key practitioners and consultant in the field. It contains more practical chapters and health care examples and additional material on methods and techniques of risk reduction and management. It also revises the structure of the previous edition, and focuses on operational and organizational structure rather than risk areas and functions. The three volumes are written using a practical and user-friendly approach.

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VOLUME 1 : The Essentials

List of Exhibits, Figures, Tables, Boxes, and Appendices
The Contributors
Preface
About This Book

Chapter 1 : Basics of Enterprise Risk Management in Healthcare
Chapter 2 : Healthcare Legal Concepts
Chapter 3 : Governance of the Healthcare Organization
Chapter 4 : Development of a Risk Management Program
Chapter 5 : The Healthcare Risk Management Professional
Chapter 6 : Early Warning Systems for the Identification of Organizational Risks
Chapter 7 : Basic Claims Administration
Chapter 8 : Introduction to Risk Financing
Chapter 9 : Insurance : Basic Principles and Coverages
Chapter 10 : Patient Safety Organizations
Chapter 11 : Risk Management’s Role in Performance Improvement
Chapter 12 : Using Data as a Risk Management Tool
Chapter 13 : The Clinical Record
Chapter 14 : Physician and Allied Health Professional Credentialing
Chapter 15 : Interpersonal Communication Skills
Chapter 16 : Ethics in Patient Care
Chapter 17 : A Contract Review Primer for Risk Management Professionals
Chapter 18 : Information Technologies and Risk Management
Chapter 19 : Emergency Management
Chapter 20 : Occupational Safety, Health, and Environmental Impairment

Appendix : A Guide to Medical Terminology
Glossary
Index

VOLUME 2 : Clinical Risk Management

List of Boxes, Exhibits, Figures, Tables, and Appendices
The Contributors
Preface
About This Book

Chapter 1 : Patient Safety and the Risk Management Professional : New Challenges and Opportunities
Chapter 2 : The Risk Management Professional and Medication Safety
Chapter 3 : The Risk Management Professional and Biomedical Technology
Chapter 4 : Informed Consent as a Loss Control Process
Chapter 5 : Clinical Research : Institutional Review Boards
Chapter 6 : Patient Safety in Surgery : The Essential Continuum
Chapter 7 : Managing Risks and Improving Safety in the Intensive Care Unit
Chapter 8 : Management of Risk : Promoting Perinatal Patient Safety
Chapter 9 : Pediatric Risk Management
Chapter 10 : Risk Management in the Laboratory
Chapter 11 : Managing Clinical Risk and Enhancing Patient Safety in Radiology
Chapter 12 : Emergency Department Risk Management : Promoting Quality and Safety in a Chaotic Environment
Chapter 13 : Prehospital Emergency Medical Services
Chapter 14 : Risk Management and Behavioral Health
Chapter 15 : Managing Risk in the Ambulatory Environment Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Chapter 16 : Risk Management Considerations in Home Healthcare
Chapter 17 : Risk Management for Retail Clinics
Chapter 18 : Managing the Obese Patient : Risk Across the Continuum of Care
Chapter 19 : Risk Management and Patient Safety in Oncology
Chapter 20 : Seniors Housing and Long-Term Care

Glossary
Index

VOLUME 3 : Business Risk: Legal, Regulatory, and Technology Issues

List of Exhibits, Tables, Figures, Boxes, and Appendices
The Contributors
Preface
About This Book

Chapter 1 : Statutes, Standards, and Regulations
Chapter 2 : Accreditation, Licensure, Certifi cation, and Surveying Bodies
Chapter 3 : Managed Care
Chapter 4 : Corporate Compliance : A Risk Management Framework
Chapter 5 : Advertising Liability : A Growing Risk Management Concern
Chapter 6 : Employment Practices Liability
Chapter 7 : Emerging Liabilities in Partnerships, Joint Ventures, and other Collaborative Relationships
Chapter 8 : Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures
Chapter 9 : Request for Proposals
Chapter 10 : Cost of Risk
Chapter 11 : Risk Financing Techniques
Chapter 12 : Claims and Litigation Management
Chapter 13 : Workers Compensation Programs in Healthcare Organizations
Chapter 14 : Occupational and Environmental Risk Exposures for Healthcare Facilities
Chapter 15 : Telemedicine : Frontier to Forefront
Chapter 16 : HIPAA : Privacy and Security
Chapter 17 : Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program : Preparing for an Escalating Trend
Chapter 18 : Medical Tourism
Chapter 19 : Absence and Productivity Management

Glossary
Index