Strategies to Protect Health Care Facilitiesfrom Liability Issues
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1. Promote professional
accountability and self/group
regulation
2. Optimize service recovery
to address patient
dissatisfaction
3. Identify physicians at
increased risk for
malpractice claims
3. Implement system-wide
surveillance for behaviors
4. Cultural Competence
Training
5. Promote behavioral and
practice safety
(Battles, Azam, Grady & Reback, 2017, pg. 25)
Strategies to Protect Health Care Facilities
from Liability Issues Cont’
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Providers must get consent from patients for
any procedure
All Healthcare staff musty adhere to bylaws
or rules and regulations
(Shah, Thornton & Turrin, 2022, para. 4)
(Kasprak, 1995, para. 3 & 6)
Lata Culpa
Levis Culpa
Levissima Culps
Three Levels
Legal Actions
Compensatory Action
Punitive Action
Disciplinary Action
Recommendatory Action
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o Be Empathetic
o Follow Policies and Procedures
o Keep Updated
o Document
o Be Diligent
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• Battles, J., Azam, Dr. I., Grady, M., & K. Reback. Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability. Research and Quality Rockville, MD
AHRQ Publication No. 17-0017-EF August 2017. https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/advances-complete_3.pdf
• Kasprak, J. (1995). The Connecticut General Assembly. Office of Legislative Research. Retrieved from:
https://www.cga.ct.gov/ps95/rpt/olr/htm/95-r0617.htm#:~:text=State%20law%20does%20allow%20a,substance%20abuse%2C%20and%20mental%20health.
• Kelchner, L. (2016, October 26). Liability Coverage & Why it is so important for healthcare professionals to have. Small Business Chron.com. Retrieved June 24, 2022, from https://smallbusiness.chron.com/liability-coverage-important-healthcare-professionals80041.html
• Raveesh, B. N., Nayak, R. B., & Kumbar, S. F. (2016). Preventing medico-legal issues in clinical practice. Annals of Indian Academy
• Shah P, Thornton I, Turrin D, et al. Informed Consent. [Updated 2021 Jun 14]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls
Publishing; 2022 Jan. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430827/