...Asma Oumghar; Issam Izza Purpose The objective of this review is to provide a comprehensive analysis of risk management practices in the healthcare sector, with a particular focus on identifying challenges and strategies in Moroccan hospitals. Design/methodology/approach A literature search...

... of this medication mistake and lastly they were requested to point to steps needed to be taken to avoid potential risk either through selection of predefined steps (multiple choices) or open consideration. The study took place in Dan‐Petach Tikva district of Clalit Health Services east of the Tel‐Aviv metropolis...

... it imperative for nurses to identify patients at highest risk, in order to implement preventive interventions. This study examined the prevalence of “intrinsic high risk” characteristics identified by the literature in people who fell during hospitalisation, to confirm the validity of these predictors...

...Roger Paxton; Fiona MacDonald; Rory Allott; Peter Mitford; Susan Proctor; Margaret Smith Standards for assessing and managing suicide risk were developed and incorporated into a guidance manual for general practitioners. The effects of the manual on opinions and practice were evaluated using...

...Barbara Morris © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Health Risk Education Technology European commission and World Health Organisation to intensify their co-operation Keywords: Health, Risk, Education, Technology In December 2000 Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, director-general...

... for coherent strategy aimed at promoting effective audit programmes which could support the use of clinical audit as a tool for continuous professional development are not yet in place across the Trust. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Doctors Audit Attitudes Governance Risk Evidence The concept...

...Mick McKeown; Martin Hinks; Mark Stowell‐Smith; Dave Mercer; Joe Forster The results of a Q methodological study of professional understandings of the notion of risk in mental health services within the UK are discussed in relation to the relevance for staff training and quality assurance...

...Patrick Asubonteng Rivers; Charles A. Asubonteng; Minnette Bumpus; George Munchus This paper focuses on Medicare risk contracting in the USA. The issue of the current method of reimbursement versus Medicare risk contracting is explored. Risk sharing and payment mechanisms are described and analyzed...

...Sharon Stower This article demonstrates the Queen’s Medical Centre approach to assessing and addressing risk in terms of Health and Safety within a busy children’s unit. This article focuses on compartmentalising a large clinical area on two floors of a busy teaching hospital which become...