Risk Management - Methods
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Review of patient safety incidents submitted from Critical Care Units in England & Wales to the UK National Patient Safety Agency.

30 Oct 2009 We reviewed and classified all patient safety incidents submitted from critical care units in England and Wales to the National Patient Safety Agency for the first quarter of 2008. A total of 6649 incidents were submitted from 141 organisations ... Read more...

[Quality management: protocols for reporting in-hospital emergencies. Comparison of two methods]

19 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: 10-20% of hospitalized patients experience adverse events, becoming clinically relevant in emergency situations (ES). Many studies have confirmed deficits in both organizational and professional aspects of care when ... Read more...

[Risk analysis in radiotherapy]

17 Sep 2009 Radiation therapy was one of the first medical specialties to implement quality assurance (QA) programs in clinical practice. These QA programs have mainly focused on equipment performance, neglecting human factors. Risk management is a relatively ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Risk Management - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Review of patient safety incidents submitted from Critical Care Units in England & Wales to the UK National Patient Safety Agency. 30 Oct 2009
• [Quality management: protocols for reporting in-hospital emergencies. Comparison of two methods] 19 Oct 2009
• [Risk analysis in radiotherapy] 17 Sep 2009
• World Stroke Day 2009: what can I do? 8 Sep 2009
• Alarming monitor problems. 30 Aug 2009
• Managing the microbiological safety of blood for transfusion: a US perspective. 30 Aug 2009
• Treatment of vascular risk factors is associated with slower decline in Alzheimer disease. 30 Aug 2009
• Novel biomarkers of acute kidney toxicity. 24 Aug 2009
• Attitudes, norms and controls influencing lifestyle risk factor management in general practice. 24 Aug 2009
• Elevated risk profile of women in secondary prevention of coronary artery disease: a 6-year survey of 117,913 patients. 30 Jul 2009
• Secondary coronary prevention in women: it starts with cardiac rehabilitation, exercise, and fitness. 30 Jul 2009
• [Hip implant revision. Avoiding mistakes and managing risk] 30 Jul 2009
• Essential features for proactive risk management. 30 Jul 2009
• Common ground, not a battle ground. Violence prevention at a detoxification facility. 30 Jul 2009
• Wrong site surgery near misses and actual occurrences. 30 Jul 2009
• Care bundles: the holy grail of infectious risk management in hospital? 30 Jul 2009
• Safety after cardiac catheterization. 30 Jul 2009
• Not-so-trivial pursuit: mechanical ventilation risk reduction. 29 Jun 2009
• Safety at work in cold environments and prevention of cold stress. 29 Jun 2009
• The REMS publication paradox. 29 Jun 2009

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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