...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...

... Gabbay can be contacted at: ugabai@post.tau.ac.il © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Generic market Medication confusion Medications error Medications mistakes Misidentification Risk Substitute Therapeutic equivalent Generics Medicines Risk analysis An FDA document...

... 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...

... questionnaires were received, giving an overall response rate of 60 per cent. The rate for SRs was higher than SHOs, at about 69 per cent and 51 per cent respectively. Doctors Audit Attitudes Governance Risk Evidence The concept of clinical governance is currently being introduced...

...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...