Principles of Risk Management and Patient Safety

This revision of The Risk Manager's Desk Reference will be useful as a guide for healthcare risk managers. Contributors including risk managers, healthcare practitioners and administrators, attorneys, and doctors offer guidelines on the integration of risk management and patient safety, risk financing issues, claims management issues and the aftermath of error, and proactive loss control. Case studies from three real-life risk management programs consider operational and organizational problems. The book also includes sample job descriptions and sample flowcharts. Youngberg is visiting professor of health law and policy at Loyola University Chicago. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)