HOSPITAL RISK MANAGEMENT

Hospital Risk Management

Hospital Risk Management

The risk of health care in general, especially motivated by medication errors (ME), is a serious problem being addressed as a priority in recent years by the health authorities of some countries, notably USA and Australia, and more recently, Britain and Canada. Several studies published in the last decade revealed the high cost of care and cost of this problem. (Leape, 1991)

Case Study

In the mentioned case study of Felicia Larue who is a 45 years old lady suffering from paralysis and can only respond through head nodes and is surviving on the basis ...