Take on the role of the administrator of a 550-bed level 2 hospital. For the past 10 years, your facility has received numerous awards for exceeding various quality metrics. Your service line director, Cindy, has requested to meet with you regarding a risk management concern. In the meeting, Cindy shares that Dr. Braskin who is your highest producing revenue surgeon has shown up to work intoxicated on numerous occasions. Yesterday, he nicked a patient in surgery, which resulted in a blood transfusion being ordered. As the administrator of the hospital, Evaluate organizational risk, legal, and quality issues, presented in this case and as what plan of actions can be composed with proper policies, processes, and disciplinary measures for such a case?

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In this scenario several organizational risk legal and quality issues are presented 1 Patient Safety Dr Braskins intoxication poses a significant threat to patient safety The incident of nicking a pat... View the full answer