RISK ASSESMENT

Risk Assesment in Health Care

Risk Assessment in Health Care

Introduction

The health care always aims to benefit patients, and the obligation to no damage is present from the Hippocratic Oath as primary. However, product of a complex combination of processes, technologies and interactions human, those claims involve the likelihood of adverse events that may or harming the patient. These generate an increase in claims and / or actions court and also a higher overall cost of medical care. The occurrence of such events is perceived not only as a violation of permanent duty of care and safety in health care, but also as the very negation of quality (quality risk), detonating in today an increase in complaints and the prosecution of the relationship patient-doctor-establishment. The direct economic costs of the above, added to insurance premiums, higher costs of treatment, complete remission or part of the value of the services, the practice of defensive medicine, among other effects-is growing, and probably will increase in coming years. However, for high the direct economic costs, the higher the cost attributable the lack of security in healthcare processes, which generates high costs, some invaluable, both personal, social and image, for professionals and institutions involved, which ultimately can seriously impair heritage. Several causes are present that have generated this new scenario. Some are characteristic of current development of medicine and how they exercise, and other attributable to the environment legal and judicial. Among the former: the change in the approach to the relationship professional-patient-disease, the deterioration of interpersonal relationships between health professional and the patient or their relatives, the exitismo of medicine, excessive current professionalization and specialization, and obviously, the expectations of financial compensation by patients or family members dissatisfied with the results of health care (Mumtaz, Moiz, et al, 2011, p. 61-80).

Discussion

Risk management in the economy is the process of protecting the financial condition of institutions against losses in connection with the prosecution. The official definition of this concept in health care given to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations in 1992: "Risk management in medicine - is a complex clinical and organizational measures taken by health care organizations to identify, analyze and reduce the likelihood of an adverse outcome or damage in respect of patients medical staff, visitors and other persons and organizations". Thus, risk management in health care includes both medical and diagnostic and organizational activities. The ultimate goal is the prediction of risk management and reducing losses. In health care, this goal can be achieved by improving the quality of care - "a cornerstone in the prevention of risks" (Mumtaz, Moiz, et al, 2011, p. 61-80).

In domestic and foreign practice to devote several stages in the risk management system:

Identification of risks.

Review existing risk management techniques.

Selection of the optimal method for a particular situation.

Application of the method.

Monitoring the management and improvement (Mumtaz, Moiz, et al, 2011, p. 61-80).

Risk identification is the basic stage in risk management is carried out in order to create decision-makers, a complete picture of risks to the ...