Risk Management for the Department Head : An Integrated Approach

What is the difference between a fully integrated risk management program & a medical (QA-RM) risk management program? What methods can department heads use to reduce or eliminate risks to their department & organization? The author, Meredith B. Cox, M.P.A., a risk management consultant, answers these questions as she takes readers through the process of developing & setting up an integrated risk management program. The text emphasizes the fact that risk management is a profession like medicine, law or nursing. Topics include a discussion of risk management as a profession & the skills needed in health care risk management; setting up the program; risk control & the organizational survey; the communication flow of quality assurance & risk management material; loss exposures from legal liability, personnel, property & net income; risk financing considerations & monitoring the program. The text also has a section on legal liability which includes such topics as: sources of law, standards of care, remedies & how courts function, crimes, contracts & torts. A series of case studies help readers apply risk management concepts to actual situations, as they increase their skills at identifying legal liability, personnel, property & net income loss exposures.Cox, Meridith B. is the author of 'Risk Management for the Department Head : An Integrated Approach', published 1991 under ISBN 9780912665306 and ISBN 0912665300.