A hospital is part of a government provided health service which is free to patients. The management of the hospital is concerned with the need to minimise the risks to which the hospital is exposed from patient litigation.
In this context, which TWO of the following are appropriate steps to manage this risk?
- Ensuring that patients undergoing procedures sign documentation to confirm that the risks have been explained to them and that they understand.
- Allocating a risk score to patients depending on age, general heath and similar consideration and refusing to admit patients whose risk score exceeds a certain threshold.
- Ensuring that a policy is in place to transfer or discharge critically ill patients so as to minimise fatalities in the hospital.
- Ensure that proper documentation is in place for all patients showing such details as symptoms, treatments, and test results.
- The management refuses to allow the hospital to participate in the Major Accident Plan for the city in which it is located. It believes the Plan could expose the hospital to excessive risk.
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