Risk Management
"Risk Management" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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)
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D012308
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MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.463.800 N04.452.871
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Concept/Terms |
Risk Management- 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- Reporting, Hospital Incident
- Reportings, Hospital Incident
- Incident Reportings, Hospital
- Hospital Incident Reportings
- Hospital Incident Reporting
- Incident Reporting, Hospital
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2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Risk Management" by people in Profiles.
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Casalino LP, Dunham D, Chin MH, Bielang R, Kistner EO, Karrison TG, Ong MK, Sarkar U, McLaughlin MA, Meltzer DO. Frequency of failure to inform patients of clinically significant outpatient test results. Arch Intern Med. 2009 Jun 22; 169(12):1123-9.
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Fullam F, Garman AN, Johnson TJ, Hedberg EC. The use of patient satisfaction surveys and alternative coding procedures to predict malpractice risk. Med Care. 2009 May; 47(5):553-9.
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Meier P. Concerns regarding industry-funded trials. J Hum Lact. 2005 May; 21(2):121-3.
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Moon RY, Weese-Mayer DE, Silvestri JM. Nighttime child care: inadequate sudden infant death syndrome risk factor knowledge, practice, and policies. Pediatrics. 2003 Apr; 111(4 Pt 1):795-9.
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