Identify the top two litigious areas for your selected health care organization and provide examples on how risk can be managed for those areas. Solution First one is ineffective communication between physician and patient,family members during adverse events.Physicians want to avoid the damaging affects of legal actions,they may not disclose to the patient the particulars that led to an adverse event.Patients resort to using malpractice claims in an effort to obtain information that may explain their undesired outcome.When adverse events happen,patients and their families are often devastated and confused.After an unanticipated outcome,patients wantto engage in open and honest communication with their physicians.They want basic information about the event;assurances that they won\'t suffer financially because of it;an apology;and prevention of similar events or errors in the future.Unfortunately,physicians may not communicate or provide the information in a manner that meets the patients needs.After an adverse event, patients and their families claim,their physicians would not listen,would not talk openly,attempted to mislead them and did not warn about long-term medical problems.Further,they resort to legal action. The public increased awareness of patient safety and demand for transparency of medical errors,along with the significant cost,complexity,and volume of malpractice cases,has opened the door for utilizing different methods for conflict resolution.Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) provides a more effective and less costly approach for patients and providers to deal with adverse events. Growth in managed care is changing the way care is financed,delivered,and evaluated. Managed care is a system that links financing and delivery of care and monitors usage, cost,and performance of health services.The vast and rapid changes in health care have many consequences for nurses.Many lawsuits are being made against nurses due to higher levels of standards of care,increased patient expectations,pressure to increase productivity and increased patient load and moreover the society had become highly litigous. Ways to ensure safe practice and avoid litigation:Adhere diligently within our Scope of Practice,educate ourselves regarding evidenced-based practice,stay abreast of changing trends in nursing through continuing education,educate ourselves regarding medical-legal issues and make sound,safe,and practical nursing judgments for all the patients..

1. Identify the top two litigious areas for your selected health care organization and provide
examples on how risk can be managed for those areas.
Solution
First one is ineffective communication between physician and patient,family members during
adverse events.Physicians want to avoid the damaging affects of legal actions,they may not
disclose to the patient the particulars that led to an adverse event.Patients resort to using
malpractice claims in an effort to obtain information that may explain their undesired
outcome.When adverse events happen,patients and their families are often devastated and
confused.After an unanticipated outcome,patients wantto engage in open and honest
communication with their physicians.They want basic information about the event;assurances
that they won't suffer financially because of it;an apology;and prevention of similar events or
errors in the future.Unfortunately,physicians may not communicate or provide the information in
a manner that meets the patients needs.After an adverse event, patients and their families
claim,their physicians would not listen,would not talk openly,attempted to mislead them and did
not warn about long-term medical problems.Further,they resort to legal action.
The public increased awareness of patient safety and demand for transparency of medical
errors,along with the significant cost,complexity,and volume of malpractice cases,has opened the
door for utilizing different methods for conflict resolution.Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
provides a more effective and less costly approach for patients and providers to deal with adverse
events.
Growth in managed care is changing the way care is financed,delivered,and evaluated. Managed
care is a system that links financing and delivery of care and monitors usage, cost,and
performance of health services.The vast and rapid changes in health care have many
consequences for nurses.Many lawsuits are being made against nurses due to higher levels of
standards of care,increased patient expectations,pressure to increase productivity and increased
patient load and moreover the society had become highly litigous.
Ways to ensure safe practice and avoid litigation:Adhere diligently within our Scope of
Practice,educate ourselves regarding evidenced-based practice,stay abreast of changing trends in
nursing through continuing education,educate ourselves regarding medical-legal issues and make
sound,safe,and practical nursing judgments for all the patients.