RAP Benefits and Methodology
RAP’s benefits
- A comprehensive understanding of your risk environment
- The ability to identify optimal solutions and obtain explicit recommendations for improving patient safety
- The inspiration to implement programs that improve patient care, drive positive change, and reduce long-term risk
- An understanding of the clinical drivers underlying your medical malpractice cases
- The opportunity to compare your malpractice experience to that of other peer organizations, through inclusion in our national comparative database
RAP methodology includes assessments and recommendations in these areas
- Organizational Accountability: RAP reviews the leadership and organizational structures critical to implementing and sustaining change.
- Patient Safety: RAP evaluates the links between risk management, patient safety, and quality in creating a culture of patient safety.
- Claims Management: RAP assesses the effectiveness and ability of a claims management program to protect both the individual providers and the broader organization.
- Insurance Vehicle Effectiveness: RAP leverages the malpractice entity’s potential to accelerate priority initiatives, through the use of premium incentives, research grants, and training.
- Metrics: RAP uses selected institutional data to measure improvements in the short term and to gauge whether malpractice risk will be reduced over time.