Mitigating Risk—Five Key Areas of Focus

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As part of a commitment to help healthcare providers reduce risk, Jeremy Wale with ProAssurance shares Mitigating Risk—Five Key Areas of Focus. These articles are designed to help remind healthcare providers of common risk management issues with a variety of patient types. Five key areas are:

1.Use Technology with Caution

2.Track and Follow Up on Your Tests

3.Set and Review Policies and Procedures

4.Maintain Accurate Medical Records

5.Keep Your Team Trained and Informed

In addition to the articles, ProAssurance has a series of Two Minutes: What’s the Risk? YouTube videos that provide quick tips for managing risk. Subjects include documentation, patient portals, patient tracking/follow-up, and much more. Click here to view the 25 videos; a new video is released each month.

-Jeremy Wale is a licensed attorney in Michigan where he works as a Risk Resource Advisor for ProAssurance.