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Risk Management is the process of identifying and managing potential liability situations and formulating and implementing strategies to minimize any potential adverse effects to the organization's mission, vision, and values. UCSF Health Risk Management aims to identify, evaluate, and address issues that may result in patient injury, lead to malpractice claims, and cause financial loss.
When is it appropriate to contact UCSF Health Risk Management?
- To report any serious, adverse, or unexpected clinical outcome or occurrence not related to the patient's underlying disease or condition
- To report receipt or service of notice of a professional liability claim, subpoena for deposition, trial appearance, or summons and complaint
- To report notification of investigation by a regulatory agency, such as the Medical Board of California
- For consultation regarding UCSF Health policies and procedures such as those relating to obtaining appropriate consent for treatment, release of information, disclosure of adverse outcomes to patients and their families
- To consult on inquiries from legal counsel
- To report a lost patient property claim
Contact information for the four UCSF Risk Management offices; UCSF Health (Parnassus, Mission Bay, UCSF Health Stanyan Hospital, UCSF Health Hyde Hospital), Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, and UCSF Fresno.
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