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Saturday, July 04, 2009

Most doctors win: what to do if sued for medical malpractice.

30 May 2009 All gastroenterologists are at risk of being accused of medical malpractice; few have received much training about what to do should a lawsuit occur. This article details what one can expect in a typical medical malpractice negligence claim and ... Read more...

[Single-patient rooms]

16 May 2009 The Danish government has allocated funding to achieve the goal of replacing 50% of all existing hospital buildings by new facilities. Facing such a building boom, the debate for and against single-patient rooms is in progress. A review of the ... Read more...

[Reporting of patient safety incidents: experience from five years with a national reporting system]

9 May 2009 A national reporting system for patient safety incidents (PSI) was introduced in Denmark in 2004. This article describes the experience of the first five years of reporting. The Danish reporting system has the following characteristics: Reporting ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Risk Management'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• States address health disparities. 30 May 2009
• Healthy communities: reducing cancer risks. 30 May 2009
• Most doctors win: what to do if sued for medical malpractice. 30 May 2009
• [Single-patient rooms] 16 May 2009
• [Reporting of patient safety incidents: experience from five years with a national reporting system] 9 May 2009
• [Measuring patient safety--why and how?] 9 May 2009
• Perioperative mortality risk score using pre- and postoperative risk factors in older patients. 29 Apr 2009
• Reducing risk with better tap design. 29 Apr 2009
• New world of patient safety: 23rd Annual Samuel Jason Mixter lecture. 29 Apr 2009
• Training health and safety committees to use control banding: lessons learned and opportunities for the United States. 29 Apr 2009
• The 2009 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part 1--blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk. 29 Apr 2009
• The costs of suicide and sudden death within an organization. 29 Apr 2009
• The use of patient satisfaction surveys and alternative coding procedures to predict malpractice risk. 29 Apr 2009
• Developing a team performance framework for the intensive care unit. 29 Apr 2009
• Intensive care unit occupancy and patient outcomes. 29 Apr 2009
• High-profile death throws spotlight on error reports. 26 Apr 2009
• Linear low-dose extrapolation for noncancer responses is not generally appropriate. 30 Mar 2009
• Hazardous spills: the safe handling of hazardous drugs. 30 Mar 2009
• Post-cataract endophthalmitis: can we do better? 30 Mar 2009
• Using order entry for alerts of dose conversion between potassium salts to prevent physician dosing errors. 30 Mar 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