Research Catalog

Title

Risk management in health care institutions : a strategic approach / Florence Kavaler, Allen Spiegel.

Author

Kavaler, Florence.

Publication

Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2003], ©2003.

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Additional Authors

Spiegel, Allen D.

Description

xxviii, 444 pages; 23 cm

Subjects

• Health facilities > Risk management
• Risk Management > methods
• Health facilities > Risk management > United States
• Health Facility Administration
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Risk Management Dynamics / Florence Kavaler and Allen D. Spiegel -- Ch. 2. Regulatory Environment: Standards and Risk Management / Allen D. Spiegel and Florence Kavaler -- Ch. 3. Identifying and Controlling Risks as an Employer / Steven J. Greenblatt and Diana J. Goldwasser -- Ch. 4. Patient/Consumer Communications to Reduce Risk / Allen D. Spiegel and Florence Kavaler -- Ch. 5. Financing of Risk and Insurance / David Metz and Kevin M. McLaughlin -- Ch. 6. Total Quality Management, Continuous Quality/Process Improvement, and Evaluation of the Risk Management Program / Robert Stanyon -- Ch. 7. Ethical Issues for Risk Managers / Kathleen E. Powderly -- Ch. 8. Assuring Safety and Security in Health Care Institutions / Florence Kavaler and Allen D. Spiegel -- Ch. 9. A Primer on Medical Malpractice / Arthur S. Friedman -- Ch. 10. Strategies to Reduce Liability: Managing Physicians and Litigation Alternatives / Florence Kavaler and Allen D. Spiegel -- Ch. 11. Risk Management in Psychiatry / Amy Wysoker -- Ch. 12. Identifying and Controlling Risks in Long Term Care: Nursing Homes and Home Health Care / Joanne K. Singleton -- Ch. 13. Risk Management in Selected High Risk Hospital Departments / Alice L. Epstein and Gary H. Harding -- Ch. 14. Risk Management in Managed Care Organizations / David E. Manoogian -- Ch. 15. Integrated Health Care Delivery Systems / Robin A. Maley.

ISBN

0763723142

LCCN

2002043415

OCLC

• ocm51258252
• SCSB-5115850

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries