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Topic 6
Understanding and managing clinical risk
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Why clinical risk is relevant to patient safety
o clinical risk management specifically is concerned with improving the quality and safety of health-care services by identifying the circumstances and opportunities that put patients at risk of harm and acting to prevent or control those risks
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4-step process to manage clinical risks
o identify the risko assess the frequency and severity of
the risko reduce or eliminate the risko cost the risk
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Learning objective
Know how to apply risk management principles by identifying, assessing and reporting hazards and potential risks in the workplace
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Knowledge requirements
o the activities used for gathering information about risk
o fitness to practise requirementso personal accountability for managing clinical
risk
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Performance requirements
o know how to report known risks or hazards in the workplace
o keep accurate and complete medical recordso self-assess to reduce the risk of errors caused by
inadequate knowledge and skills o participate in meetings that discuss risk management
and patient safetyo respond appropriately to patients and families after
an adverse evento respond appropriately to complaints
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Clinical risk management activities
o incident monitoringo sentinel eventso the role of complaints in improving careo complaints and concerns where the individual
is responsibleo coronial Investigations
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Sentinel events
o unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury and includes any process variation for which a recurrence would carry a significant chance of serious adverse outcome
JCAHO, 1999
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Complaints
o assist in maintaining standardso reduce the frequency of litigationo help maintain trust in the professiono encourage self-assessmento protect the public
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Fitness to practise requirements
o credentiallingo accreditation
o registration
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Professional development and self-assessment
o role of fatigue and fitness to practiseo stress and mental health problemso work environment and organization o supervisiono communication
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Performance requirementso know how to report known risks or hazards in the
workplaceo keep accurate and complete medical recordso self-assess to reduce the risk of errors caused by
inadequate knowledge and skills o participate in meetings that discuss risk management
and patient safetyo respond appropriately to patients and families after
an adverse evento respond appropriately to complaints