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Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Organization and Administration > Risk Management
Health Care Economics and Organizations > Economics > Financial Management > Risk Management
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Risk Management  

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Entry terms

  • Management, Risks
  • Risks Management

Scope note

  • 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)

History note

  • 90(80); was see under FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 1980-89

In other languages

  • riskinhallinta

    Finnish

  • riskienhallinta
  • Riskhantering

    Swedish

  • Avvikelserapportering
  • Incidentrapportering på sjukhus
  • Klinisk riskstyrning

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012308

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