Risk Management
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Sunday, November 08, 2009

[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...

Exploring whether student nurses report poor practice they have witnessed on placements.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: While literature suggests that nurses report incidents or potentially unsafe care delivery, there is little evidence on student nurses' practice in this area. AIM: To explore the factors that influence student in reporting concerns about ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Risk Management'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Giving patients their results online might be the answer. 24 Oct 2009
• Informatics aids to reduce failure rates in notification of abnormal outpatient test results. 24 Oct 2009
• EMRs do not improve reporting rates of abnormal laboratory results? 24 Oct 2009
• [Legal equality or tombola?] 20 Oct 2009
• [Quality management: protocols for reporting in-hospital emergencies. Comparison of two methods] 19 Oct 2009
• Clinical audits. Paper or patient safety? 10 Oct 2009
• [Risk analysis in radiotherapy] 17 Sep 2009
• Exploring whether student nurses report poor practice they have witnessed on placements. 30 Aug 2009
• Treatment of bipolar disorders and metabolic syndrome: implications for primary care. 30 Aug 2009
• The impact of weight gain on motivation, compliance, and metabolic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. 30 Aug 2009
• Self disclosure. How to manage the risk of Medicare fraud and abuse. 30 Aug 2009
• Validation of self-reported occupational exposures in meatpacking workers. 30 Aug 2009
• Biomechanics/risk management (Working Group 2). 30 Aug 2009
• The Second EAO Consensus Conference 19-22 February 2009, Pfäffikon, Switzerland. Preface. 30 Aug 2009
• Alarming monitor problems. 30 Aug 2009
• Understanding HACs and SREs for quality reporting and reimbursement. 30 Aug 2009
• Managing the microbiological safety of blood for transfusion: a US perspective. 30 Aug 2009
• Your investment portfolio: will it be autopsy or biopsy? 30 Aug 2009
• Treatment of vascular risk factors is associated with slower decline in Alzheimer disease. 30 Aug 2009
• What went right: lessons for the intensivist from the crew of US Airways Flight 1549. 30 Aug 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