Risk Management - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Informed consent and the rise of autonomy.

30 Mar 2009 Although the need for informed consent to medical treatment should be familiar to health-care professionals, the detail regarding what needs to be disclosed to the patient is less well known and even unclear. This article describes the legal ... Read more...

Addressing disease surveillance needs for marine recreational bathers.

27 Feb 2009 Contamination of the nearshore marine environment contributes to a high burden of illness among recreational bathers. Disease surveillance activities carried out by local, state, and territorial agencies in the United States are at present voluntary ... Read more...

[CONS-32: factor structure and psychometric properties]

30 Jan 2009 CONS-32: Factor structure and psychometric properties. Risk prevention in the construction industry has a psychosocial etiology. This article studies the psychometric properties of a scale (CONS-32) created to detect personal prevention and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Risk Management - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Legal equality or tombola?] 20 Oct 2009
• [Medical product safety and patient safety--challenges at the "human-medical product" interface] 10 Aug 2009
• Is contraction of hepatitis B occupational hazard? Case on point: Fidelity and Guaranty Ins. Co.v. Polk County, 2009-FL-3377 (7/14/2009)-FL. 30 Jul 2009
• Patients see proposed FDA opioid rules as painfully restrictive. 30 Jul 2009
• Too small to overlook. 7 Jul 2009
• [Aggregate data and game theory] 29 Jun 2009
• Confirmatory testing reduces risk. 30 May 2009
• [Daily practice an illegal action?] 30 May 2009
• High-profile death throws spotlight on error reports. 26 Apr 2009
• Record keeping essential. 30 Mar 2009
• Informed consent and the rise of autonomy. 30 Mar 2009
• International standards for risk management in nanotechnology. 30 Mar 2009
• Addressing disease surveillance needs for marine recreational bathers. 27 Feb 2009
• OH: Nurse sued employer after assault by pt.: nurse failed to prove employer 'knew' of danger. Kay v. Grande Point Healthcare Community, 2009-Ohio-612 (1/12/2009) -OH. 30 Jan 2009
• Risk management: an overview of general concepts. 30 Jan 2009
• [CONS-32: factor structure and psychometric properties] 30 Jan 2009
• Litigation, legislation, and ethics. An eye for an eye. 30 Jan 2009
• [System of biocide products control in Poland] 30 Dec 2008
• Commentary: core competencies and the training of psychiatric residents in therapeutic risk management. 30 Dec 2008
• Commentary: lawyer phobia. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Risk Management'

Definition: The process of minimizing risk to an organization by developing systems to identify and analyze potential hazards to prevent accidents, injuries, and other adverse occurrences, and by attempting to handle events and incidents which do occur in such a manner that their effect and cost are minimized. Effective risk management has its greatest benefits in application to insurance in order to avert or minimize financial liability. (From Slee & Slee: Health care terms, 2d ed)

Descriptor UI: D012308

Alternative terms: Risk Management; Management, Risk; Reportings, Hospital Risk; Hospital Risk Reporting; Hospital Risk Reportings; Reporting, Hospital Risk; Risk Reporting, Hospital; Risk Reportings, Hospital; Management Risk; Management Risks; Risk, Management; Risks, Management; Management, Risks; Managements, Risks; Risks Management; Risks Managements; Reporting, Hospital Incident; Reportings, Hospital Incident; Incident Reportings, Hospital; Hospital Incident Reportings; Hospital Incident Reporting; Incident Reporting, Hospital;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; methods;

Tree Number: N03.219.463.800; N04.452.871;

History Note: 90(80); was see under FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 1980-89