RISK MANAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE

Risk management in healthcare comprises the clinical and administrative systems, processes, and reports employed to detect, monitor, assess, mitigate, and prevent risks. Heather Rasmussen, Chief Quality and Ancillary Services Officer, discusses how healthcare organizations use risk management to proactively and systematically safeguard patient safety as well as the organization’s assets, market share, accreditation, reimbursement levels, brand value, and community standing.