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Clinical Engineering Lec 6: Risk Management in Healthcare
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Clinical Engineering Lec 6: Risk Management in Healthcare

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What is the definition of risk management according to Kavaler and Spiegel?

  • The process of implementing techniques to manage accidental losses
  • An organized effort to identify, assess, and reduce risks to patients, visitors, staff, and organizational assets (correct)
  • The art of measuring risk using scientific equations
  • A process of making and carrying out decisions to prevent adverse consequences
  • According to the American Society of Health care Risk Management (ASHRM), what is risk management?

  • The process of implementing techniques to manage accidental losses
  • The art of measuring risk using scientific equations
  • The process of making and carrying out decisions to minimize the adverse effects of accidental losses upon an organization (correct)
  • A process of making and carrying out decisions to prevent adverse consequences
  • How many steps are involved in the risk management process?

  • Ten steps
  • Five steps (correct)
  • Seven steps
  • Four steps
  • What is the Clinical Engineer's role in risk management related to equipment-related patient injury risk?

    <p>Combination of equipment assessment, appropriate training, proper clinical technique, preventive maintenance, and failure analysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Is risk management considered a science or an art?

    <p>An art based on experiences rather than hard and fast scientific equations</p> Signup and view all the answers

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