Question

Risk management professional have had notorious difficulty in engaging the whole organization in risk identification activities. Underreporting and the negative perception of incident reporting are common problems regardless of the setting, be it acute care, long-term care, behavioral health or in a physician office. Discuss the barriers to incident reporting and how they affect a risk management program.

Answer 1

Barriers in incident reporting

• Lack of knowledge regarding incident reporting among the staffs.
• Afraid of punishments.
• Lack of confidence.
• it is time consuming
• staff shortage

it affects the risk management programme in various ways. if the incidences are not reported especially near miss, it can further lead to adverse or sentinel events. Lack of proper information reduces effectiveness of planning for staff teaching.