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MeSH Heading: Risk Management
Tree Number(s): N03.219.463.800; N04.452.871
Unique ID: D012308
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012308
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)
Entry Term(s): Hospital Incident Reporting; Hospital Incident Reportings; Incident Reporting; Incident Reporting, Hospital; Incident Reportings, Hospital; Management, Risks; Reporting, Hospital Incident; Reportings, Hospital Risk; Voluntary Patient Safety Event Reporting
Previous Indexing: Insurance, Liability (1966-1979); Malpractice (1966-1979)
See Also: Medical Errors; Patient Safety
Public MeSH Note: 90; was see under FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 1980-89
History Note: 90(80); was see under FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 1980-89
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/12/22
Revision Date: 2019/02/26

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