Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations

The Official Handbook of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM)
Risk Management in Health Care: The Essentials (Volume 1 of the Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations, Fifth Edition), presents the most authoritative guidance for today's health care risk managers. 
This is the most current edition of the book that has become a standard in the field. The three-volume set covers the enterprise-wide continuum of care and associated risk and has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the current changes in the health care environment. The Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations offers current information, regulatory and legal updates, and assessment tools that will prove invaluable to both new and seasoned risk managers. 
The first volume focuses on the essentials of health care risk management and provides information on: 
Basics of Health Care Enterprise Risk Management
Health Care Legal Concepts
Introduction to American Law
Governance of Health Care Organizations
Development of a Risk Management Program
The Health Care Risk Management Professional
Risk Management Metrics
Ethics in Patient Care
Patient Communication
Physician and Allied Health Professional Credentialing
Documentation and Medical Records
Basic Claims Administration
Contract Review Primer for the Risk Management Professional
Information Technology and Risk Managemen
Health Information Management
Introduction to Risk Financing
Insurance Basics: Principles and Coverages
Organizational Staffing
Emergency Management 
The Basics of Occupational and Environmental Health
American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) is a personal membership group of the American Hospital Association with more than 5,000 members representing health care, insurance, law, and other related professions. ASHRM promotes effective and innovative risk management strategies and professional leadership through education, recognition, advocacy, publications, networking, and interactions with leading health care organizations and government agencies. ASHRM initiatives focus on developing and implementing safe and effective patient care practices, the preservation of financial resources, and the maintenance of safe working environments.