Failure to monitor alleges inadequate observation, assessment, or documentation of a resident's condition. Required frequency depends on the resident's acuity, care plan, and physician orders.
It underlies claims involving falls, infections, wounds, and clinical deterioration.
Alternative Names:
Inadequate Monitoring, Monitoring Failure
Why it Matters?
This is the theory underlying most long-term care claims, because nearly every adverse outcome can be framed as a failure to observe and respond. The documentation is the case in both directions: charting at the required intervals with documented assessments defends the claim, while gaps establish it. Audit trail data showing when entries were actually made, as opposed to the times charted, has made retrospective documentation detectable.
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What determines required monitoring frequency?
How has audit trail data changed these claims?
