Configuring the risk assessment questionnaire to set medical devices in-service

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  • Updated February 1, 2024
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    • You can configure the risk assessment questionnaire to set all the medical devices in-service within a medical device model by using a risk assessment methodology.

    As a user with the admin role, you can configure a risk assessment methodology for assessing risks related to the patient safety identification and compliance risk management when setting a medical device in-service for your healthcare organization.

    By default, the Medical device risk assessment methodology is available for assessing medical device risks. You can use the default risk assessment methodology to add a questionnaire for assessing device risks or create another risk assessment methodology. For more information, see Configure a risk assessment methodology.

    Note the following points when configuring a risk assessment methodology for assessing medical device risks:

    • The risk assess type must be Residual risk.
    • The assessment context is configured for the Medical device install base item [sn_hcls_medical_device_install_base_item] table.
    • The residual assessment is generated when you save a risk assessment methodology. You must then create and map the published manual factors or questionnaires to the generated residual assessment and publish the assessment and methodology.
      Note:
      The character limitations for manual factors are:
      • 100 chars for Manual factor (question)
      • 50 chars for Manual factor choice (answer)
    • The residual risk rating is mapped to the Risk score column (field) of the Medical device install base item [sn_hcls_medical_device_install_base_item] table by default. Therefore, the risk score is displayed on the playbook to set medical devices in-service. You can modify the residual risk rating to another column (field) of the Medical device install base item [sn_hcls_medical_device_install_base_item] table.
    • The UI action for risk assessment can be configured for the ServiceNow AI Platform view. For more information, see the Best practices to perform Any Object Assessment [KB0826429] article in the Now Support Knowledge Base.