Identifying and communicating clinical risk.
OBJECTIVE
To develop a simple and easy-to-complete tool to communicate identified clinical risks.


CONCLUSIONS
Literature and Internet searching did not yield a simple and easy-to-use method of identifying and communicating risks. A Risk Identification Form was developed and may be of interest to mental health services wishing to implement a similar tool to document and communicate clinical risk identified during assessment of mental health consumers.
Arya
Dinesh
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Mental Health, Department of Health, Perth, WA, Australia. dinesh.arya@hawkesbaydhb.govt.nz
Nicholls
Denise
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D003142:Communication; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008499:Medical Records; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014904:Western Australia