Risk Management

"Risk Management" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The process of minimizing risk to an organization by developing systems to identify and analyze potential hazards to prevent accidents, injuries, and other adverse occurrences, and by attempting to handle events and incidents which do occur in such a manner that their effect and cost are minimized. Effective risk management has its greatest benefits in application to insurance in order to avert or minimize financial liability. (From Slee & Slee: Health care terms, 2d ed)

Descriptor ID	D012308
MeSH Number(s)	N03.219.463.800 N04.452.871
Concept/Terms	Risk Management Risk Management Management, Risk Management, Risks Risks Management Reporting, Hospital Incident Reporting, Hospital Incident Reportings, Hospital Incident Reportings, Hospital Risk Hospital Risk Reporting Hospital Risk Reportings Reporting, Hospital Risk Risk Reporting, Hospital Risk Reportings, Hospital Incident Reportings, Hospital Incident Reporting, Hospital Hospital Incident Reportings Voluntary Patient Safety Event Reporting Hospital Incident Reporting Incident Reporting Incident Reporting Incident Reportings Reporting, Incident Reportings, Incident

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Risk Management".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Economics [N03.219]
Financial Management [N03.219.463]
Risk Management [N03.219.463.800]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Organization and Administration [N04.452]
Risk Management [N04.452.871]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Risk Management".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Risk Management".

Risk Management
Risk Sharing, Financial

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Bar chart showing 13 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2009

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
2001	1	0	1
2007	1	0	1
2008	0	1	1
2009	1	2	3
2010	0	1	1
2012	0	2	2
2014	0	1	1
2015	0	1	1
2018	1	0	1

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Schubert L, Petit J, Vinogradskiy Y, Peters R, Towery J, Stump B, Westerly D, Ridings J, Kneeland P, Liu A. Implementation and operation of incident learning across a newly-created health system. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2018 Nov; 19(6):298-305.

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Hollingsworth K, Romney MC, Crawford A, McAna J. Risk evaluation mitigation strategy: impact of application of the Food and Drug Adminstration's strategy on use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents and transfusion in patients with chemotherapy-induced anaemia. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2015 Jun; 40(3):299-303.

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Laine EE. How to lessen the risk of dental malpractice. Pa Dent J (Harrisb). 2014 Mar-Apr; 81(2):22-5.

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Walker ST, Sevdalis N, McKay A, Lambden S, Gautama S, Aggarwal R, Vincent C. Unannounced in situ simulations: integrating training and clinical practice. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013 Jun; 22(6):453-8.

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Chamberlain CJ, Koniaris LG, Wu AW, Pawlik TM. Disclosure of "nonharmful" medical errors and other events: duty to disclose. Arch Surg. 2012 Mar; 147(3):282-6.

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Merli G. Improving venous thromboembolism performance: a comprehensive guide for physicians and hospitalists. Hosp Pract (Minneap). 2010 Jun; 38(3):7-16.

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Williams M, Hevelone N, Alban RF, Hardy JP, Oxman DA, Garcia E, Thorsen C, Frendl G, Rogers SO. Measuring communication in the surgical ICU: better communication equals better care. J Am Coll Surg. 2010 Jan; 210(1):17-22.

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Piccini JP, Whellan DJ, Berridge BR, Finkle JK, Pettit SD, Stockbridge N, Valentin JP, Vargas HM, Krucoff MW. Current challenges in the evaluation of cardiac safety during drug development: translational medicine meets the Critical Path Initiative. Am Heart J. 2009 Sep; 158(3):317-26.

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Schwartz GF, Hughes KS, Lynch HT, Fabian CJ, Fentiman IS, Robson ME, Domchek SM, Hartmann LC, Holland R, Winchester DJ. Proceedings of the international consensus conference on breast cancer risk, genetics, & risk management, April, 2007. Breast J. 2009 Jan-Feb; 15(1):4-16.

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Schwartz GF, Hughes KS, Lynch HT, Fabian CJ, Fentiman IS, Robson ME, Domchek SM, Hartmann LC, Holland R, Winchester DJ. Proceedings of the international consensus conference on breast cancer risk, genetics, & risk management, April, 2007. Cancer. 2008 Nov 15; 113(10):2627-37.

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