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ASHRM products are important parts of any healthcare risk management professional's resource library.
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Handbooks
Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations (5th edition)
Your job is bigger – so is your Handbook. The new edition of the Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations presents the most authoritative enterprise-wide techniques and practices of today’s health care risk management professionals, all expanded into a user-friendly, three-volume format. Volume 1: “The Essentials” covers basic concepts, Volume 2: “Clinical Risk” focuses on patient care issues and Volume 3: “Business Risk” looks at legal, regulatory and technical issues. The three-volume set includes a bonus CD-ROM (inside Volume 1) with downloadable exhibits, figures, tables and appendices. The collected expertise of 82 risk management professionals and four editors makes the 5th edition one of the most important health care resources available today – and for some time to come. Catalog # 178162. Members: $350. Non-members: $375.
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Understanding Patient Safety
Understanding Patient Safety is the essential book for anyone seeking to learn the key clinical, organizational and systems issues in patient safety. Written in a lively and accessible style by Robert M. Wachter, MD, a world leader in the fields of patient safety and quality, Understanding Patient Safety is filled with valuable cases and analyses, as well as up-to-date tables, graphics, references and tools all designed to support the work of healthcare risk management professionals and other clinical and non-clinical professionals. Recommended reading for ASHRM Patient Safety Curriculum participants. Catalog #178859. Available to ASHRM members at a special price for a limited time, while supplies last. Members: $31.45. Non-members: $34.95.
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Medication Safety: A Guide for Health Care Facilities
This book published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists serves as a reference guide for planning and implementing a medication safety program. Written by Henri R. Manasse Jr. and Kasey K. Thompson, Medication Safety: A Guide for Health Care Facilities analyzes principles and practices associated with the prevention and identification of medication errors, as well as interdisciplinary, facility-wide recommendations for achieving medication safety. Chapters cover business and financial justification for patient safety, best practices and scientific evidence, internal reporting and education, leadership in patient safety, medication safety in clinical trials, medication safety assessment tools, the pharmacist’s role, safe use of technology, use of drug information resources and more. Catalog # 178855. Members/non-members: $69.
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Surveys
2008 Hospital Professional Liability and Physician Liability Benchmark Analysis
Aon actuarial and analytics specialists have completed the ninth annual edition of the ASHRM/Aon Hospital Professional Liability and Physician Liability Benchmark Analysis. The analysis is a hands-on tool for healthcare risk managers to better understand their cost of risk compared to that of the entire industry. Among the 2008 edition highlights: “Never events” are responsible for one out of six med mal liability claims. Catalog # 178704. Members: $250. Non-members: $350. Can be ordered now by calling (800) 242-2626, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or via fax at (866) 516-5817.
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CPHRM Exam Preparation Guide
CPHRM Exam Preparation Guide
The CPHRM Exam Prep Guide essentially conforms to the six-domain format of the CPHRM examination. Additionally, this guide includes a number of useful features applicable to each domain: learning objectives, key terms, outline and review questions (which include answers as well as the rationale for answers), and ASHRM resources and other suggestions for additional study. The guide also provides a list of common acronyms and a collection of additional practice questions encompassing all CPHRM domains. Designed and prepared by a task force of CPHRMs in a format that is flexible enough to be used in a way that meets many needs. Order online or at (800) 242-2626. Catalog # 178936. Members/non-members: $65. Note: Guide is included with ASHRM's CPHRM Exam Prep Course registration.
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Pearls
All Pearls booklets include tips on how to minimize liability exposures in the subject areas identified by the titles. These easy-to-use guides cover risk management and legal issues that busy medical practitioners may encounter on a day-to-day basis, and are designed to be shared with staff.
The following schedule of discounts is applied when ordering:
15% discount for 11 to 50 packs
20% discount for 51 to 100 packs
25% discount for 101 to 1,000 packs
Risk Management Pearls for Obstetrics (2nd ed.)
Available mid-October 2008, 62 pages. Catalog # 178577 (Pack of 5 copies)
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Risk Management Pearls To Enhance Communication in Healthcare Settings
August 2008, 44 pages. Catalog # 178575 (Pack of 5 copies)
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Risk Management Pearls for the Emergency Department (2nd edition)
August 2007, 70 pages. Catalog # 178573 (Pack of 5 copies)
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Risk Management Pearls on Disclosure of Adverse Events
July 2006, 44 pages. Catalog # 178571 (Pack of 5 copies)
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Risk Management Pearls for Psychiatric Care Across the Continuum
September 2005, 38 pages. Catalog # 178569 (Pack of 5 copies)
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Risk Management Pearls for Nurses: Focus on the OR Setting
October 2004, 34 pages. Catalog # 178567 (Pack of 5 copies)
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Risk Management Pearls for Physicians
November 2003, 56 pages. Catalog # 178562 (Pack of 5 copies)
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Risk Management Pearls for Long-Term Care & Skilled Nursing Facilities 2002, 44 pages. Catalog # 178559 (Pack of 5 copies)
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Risk Management Pearls for Medication Error Reduction
2001, 64 pages. Catalog # 178837 (Pack of 5 copies)
Pearls are sold in packs of 5. Communication, Emergency Department, Disclosure, Psychiatric Care, Nurses, Physicians, Long-Term Care and Medication Error Reduction Pearls also are available individually:
Risk Management Pearls for Obstetrics (2nd ed.) Catalog # 178576
Available October 2008
Risk Management Pearls To Enhance Communication in Healthcare Settings Catalog # 178574
Risk Management Pearls for the Emergency Department (2nd edition) Catalog # 178572
Pearls on Disclosure of Adverse Events Catalog # 178570
Psychiatric Care Across the Continuum Catalog # 178568 (Single copy
Nurses: Focus on the OR Setting Catalog # 178566 (Single copy)
Physicians Catalog # 178563 (Single copy)
Long-Term Care Catalog # 178558 (Single copy)
Medication Error Reduction Catalog # 178555 (Single copy)
Tool Kits
Risk Management Program Development Tool Kit
The Risk Management Program Development Tool Kit is a comprehensive resource. The CD-ROM covers the spectrum of risk management program areas such as policies and procedures, education and reports, as well as provides practical advice on how to conduct a risk management assessment and sample job descriptions. Catalog # 178554 (CD). Members: $95. Non-members: $125.
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Falls Prevention Strategies in Healthcare Settings (book with CD)
Find the information you need to establish or improve your falls prevention program for patients, residents, workers and visitors with ECRI’s Falls Prevention Strategies in Healthcare Settings. This comprehensive, 308-page resource will save you time spent searching for falls-related information and give you sample tools to use. Benefit from advice on establishing a falls prevention team, developing policies, choosing risk assessment tools and interventions, complying with Joint Commission standards, educating staff and patients/residents and families and more. Includes CD-ROM with tools such as sample policies, algorithms, risk assessment forms and educational posters. Catalog # 178856. $159.
Critical Care Safety: Essentials for ICU Patient Care and Technology (book with CD)
This special report from ECRI Institute provides in-depth information and tools to help assess the ICU environment to identify priorities for improvement including staffing, safety culture and technology; educate ICU staff about patient safety and engage them in improvement efforts; develop a sound credentialing program for critical care providers; use research findings on clinical “bundles” that improve ICU patient outcomes; and develop and implement ICU risk management/quality improvement plans that include patient safety as a core value. Each guide comes with a CD-ROM containing time-saving tools to help develop ICU improvement plans; self-assessment tools to help you evaluate patient safety in critical care units; sample policies; and education tools. Catalog # 178857. Special ASHRM price: $199 ($250 value) while supply lasts.
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Self-Assessment Tool for Risk Management Programs & Functions
One of the more challenging questions that risk management professionals face is "What is the value of risk management?" To help answer that question, ASHRM has developed the new "Self-Assessment Tool for Risk Management Programs & Functions" (2nd edition). Health care professionals will find these evaluation templates invaluable for organizing a risk management program, functions and activities; developing tailored program structure, process, and outcome measures; evaluating the completeness and effectiveness of risk management programs; gathering data and demonstrating value to management; justifying the need for additional resources; and planning actions for program enhancements. Consultant: Christopher Cassirer. Catalog #178933 (CD). Members: $99. Non-members: $149.
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Physician Office Risk Management Tool Kit
Assessment and staff education needs unique to physician offices are covered in this ASHRM tool kit series. Practice assessment checklists, handouts, forms, samples and an Internet resource list are included. In addition, an educational program includes training resources in seven slide presentations. Catalog # 178931 (CD). Members: $95. Non-members: $125.
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Informed Consent and the Law Tool Kit
An instructional and informative aid to provide a complete overview of the Informed Consent Process, this tool kit includes principles of informed consent, disclosure requirements, elements of disclosure, aspects of documentation of consent and exceptions to the consent process. It's structured to provide easy-to-follow speaker's notes and visual aids. The tool kit is not specific to any state or institution and a disk is provided so risk managers may customize the tool kit to their own environment. Suggested uses include:
* Staff, board, and physician education
* Self-study
* Orientation
* Talking points for a consistent message about informed consent resource for further information on the subject.
Catalog # 178932 (CD). Members: $95. Non-members: $125
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DVD/Program Tapes/CDs
Audio conference recordings may be purchased on the Audio Conferences page or by calling KRM Information Services at (800) 775-7654.
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