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Citation
(2011), "Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 24 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2011.06224bae.004
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2011, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations
Article Type: Recent publications From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 24, Issue 2
Roberta Carroll for American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM)Jossey Bass2010ISBN-13: 978-0-470-62080-9
Keywords: Risk management systems, Risk reduction in healthcare, Legal concepts of healthcare
Continuing its superiority in the health care risk management field, this sixth edition of The Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations is written by the key practitioners and consultant in the field. It contains more practical chapters and health care examples and additional material on methods and techniques of risk reduction and management. It also revises the structure of the previous edition, and focuses on operational and organizational structure rather than risk areas and functions. The three volumes are written using a practical and user-friendly approach.
Contents include:
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Development of a risk management program.
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The health care risk management professional.
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Patient safety and the risk management professional: new challenges and opportunities.
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Health care legal concepts.
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Governance of the health care organization.
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Early warning systems for the identification of organizational risks.
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The risk management professional and medication safety.
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Ethics in patient care.
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Documentation and the medical record.
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Statutes, standards, and regulations.
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Basic claims administration.
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Introduction to risk financing.
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Insurance: basic principles and coverage.
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Information technologies and risk management.
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Risk management metrics.
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Accreditation, licensure, certification, and surveying bodies URAC.
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Emergency management.
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Occupational safety, health, and environmental impairment: a brief overview.