RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The need for risk management to evolve to assure a culture of safety
JF Quality and Safety in Health Care
JO Qual Saf Health Care
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 158
OP 162
DO 10.1136/qhc.11.2.158
VO 11
IS 2
A1 A M Kuhn
A1 B J Youngberg
YR 2002
UL http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/11/2/158.abstract
AB There is a need for the traditional risk management model, which focuses on department based risk assessment, loss management and risk financing, to evolve to enable it to become more responsive to the increasing demands for safety and accountability imposed on the current US healthcare system. The risk management focus must become more strategic and systems based, and less crisis orientated and individual provider based, in order to provide its greatest value to the organization and the patients those organizations serve.