ABSTRACT
Risk management program uses an investigation report as the primary tool for collecting data about an incident, analyzing that data, and translating the information into strategies for change.
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Financial Management/methods , Hospital Records/standards , Hospitals, Psychiatric/organization & administration , Records/standards , Risk Management/methods , Documentation , Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299 , Pennsylvania , Professional Staff Committees , Quality Assurance, Health Care , SafetyABSTRACT
Reorganization of outpatient services at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic identified a small percentage of patients who did not fit into the subspecialty framework. This necessitated the reestablishment of a General Psychiatry Clinic. A review of 100 patients in the Clinic revealed that they represented the most difficult diagnostic and management problems in the system. General Psychiatry in this subspecialty setting has practically become a subspecialty in its own right, rather than fulfilling a more traditional role of providing general care to the least complicated patients.
