Health Law and Ethics
1. Please review the risk assessment process by watching the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVh2iOMUvik
After you watch the video, please conduct a risk assessment on the situation surrounding the lawsuit found at the Law Suit and the Questions File.
Attached with the files.
Conduct a systems level risk analysis:
Please use the following impact and probability framework to complete the risk table in part a.
Impact Framework
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Impact Level
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Criteria |
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Minor: No or minor injury/adverse health outcomes
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Moderate: Moderate injury/adverse health outcome (increased length of stay)
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Serious: Major injury/adverse health outcome (e.g. possibility of permanent lessening of bodily functioning) |
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Major: Possibility of death or major permanent loss of function (motor, sensory, physiologic, or intellectual) |
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Catastrophic: Multiple deaths
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Probability Framework
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Probability Level |
Criteria
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Very low |
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Low |
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Medium |
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High |
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Very High |
a. Identify at least 4 risks (at the systems level) and complete the risk table below.
Risk Table
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Probability (1=low, 5=high) |
Impact (1=low, 5=high) |
Risk Category – Low/Med/High (Probability x Impact) |
Rank of Risks |
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b. Please describe the most impactful risk you found and what actions could be taken to minimize or mitigate the risk.