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Thank you, very much, again.

Thank you Mr. RM! Such a speedy reply on an Easter weekend Saturday certainly qualifies you for a bald avatar from allnurses (and i bet someone would second the motion by this newbie)... If I may assume that you document your investigation findings/facts and recommendations as part of your IR resolution process (I understand what you say about de-identification); please advise if it is prudent, or not, to share such documentation and to what extent? As a nurse I am hardwired to documenting my work product in an attempt to be clear, but wonder if that should also be applied to the IR process (IE: statements about what happened, what the record reflects, RCA results, what is suggested / recommended to resolve/prevent in the future, and monitor plan prn). Or would a risk lawyer frown on such a thing? Thank you again for your expedient, useful reply!

Hello, it appears only one Risk Manager may be on this board and I have been perusing her posts for information relevant to my questions. I need basic instruction related to confidentiality of incident reports. Is it expected that recommendations for corrections/improvements be provided without including specific details of the incident and/or employees? I am accustomed to providing feedback (based on record review) directly to nurses, managers, directors on process and documentation improvement from a quality / compliance standpoint. I am working in risk dept temporarily and want to follow the process specific to risk (realizing fully there is overlap which makes it blurry). Also, is there a recommended standard template that may be useful to me in providing such feedback/recommendations? Thank you in advance.