Clinical Risk Management Training
Clinical risk management is the process of managing the delivery of healthcare services to patients so that patients remain safe, and the risks that put them in harm's way are minimized or eliminated. Risk-management strategies must be taught to clinicians so that they know how to appropriately evaluate patient risks.
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Scope
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Clinical risk-management training teaches clinicians about ways to recognize and identify risks, which are based on a series of criteria. Clinicians are educated about the process of evaluating patients to look for warning signs that they could become a danger to themselves or others.
Purpose
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The goal of clinical risk-management training is to develop the skills, knowledge and competency of clinicians so that they can identify and prevent incidents before they occur. The ultimate purpose of clinical risk-management training is to enhance the delivery of services in an effort to ensure patient safety.
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Assessment
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Clinicians are trained on how to perform risk-management assessments, such as what questions to ask and how to score patient responses in a way that is measurable. The data is evaluated to determine a course of action for the patient. For instance, patients that receive a high score on a suicide risk assessment may require hospitalization.
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