Unlicensed assistive personnel—risk management considerations
✍ Scribed by Kathleen Shostek
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 676 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1074-4797
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Along with the restructuring and downsizing of healthcare organizations is the move toward further cost‐reduction efforts, including the increased use of unlicensed assistive personnel for patient care activities. This can create new/increased risk exposures. Implications for healthcare risk managers are discussed and strategies for preventing and managing associated liability exposures are provided.
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