A primer is defined as a short informative piece of writing that provides an overview of the main themes and salient information in a particular subject.

Chapter 3 of Risk Management in Healthcare Institutions: Limiting Liability and Enhancing Care outlined the major laws and regulations associated with employment-related litigation. Imagine you are the Vice President of Human Resources at Pegasus Healthcare System, a major, metropolitan multi-hospital health system. The hospital is comprised of six hospitals and eight multispecialty centers, doctors' offices, and clinics. Pegasus has recently experienced an increase in costly employment related litigation. The health system's board of directors has tasked you with developing a primer for reducing risk of employment-related litigation. The purpose of the primer is to provide a strategy that proactively insulates the organization, employees, patients, and the public from harm and liability (risk) by instituting policies and procedures by which the enterprise selects, appoints, promotes, demotes, disciplines, and separates employees. Your primer will be the basis for system-wide program development to reduce the risk of employment-related litigation.

Research tips for reducing the risk of employment-related litigation.

Write a 4 primer (body) summarizing your findings and the main themes risk management needs to be knowledgeable about for reducing risk of employment-related litigation.