Assignment Chapter 12 Case Study (Domain V.3)Risk Management is to identify areas of operational and financial risk or loss to a healthcare facility and its patients, visitors, and employees; and to implement measures to lessen theeffects of unavoidable risks and losses, prevent recurrences of those risks or losses, and coverinevitable losses at the lowest cost (245). When dealing with risk management about patientrecord requirements it is influenced by implementing, enforcing, and educating health careproviders. Documentation is required to make sure that there is not a health care providerlawsuit, a poorly documented health record hinders the health care provider’s defense. A properlydocumented health record needs to be timely and complete to authenticate all entries in therecord. The failure of health care providers to respect confidentiality, combined with greaterpublic awareness of the adverse effects of unauthorized disclosure of health information, mayhave an impact on risk management programs through an increased number of lawsuits. Suchlawsuits generally allege violations of the right to privacy, breach of confidentiality, and/or
