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​The roles of risk and quality professionals are evolving in healthcare organizations. In the past, the two functions often operated separately, and individuals responsible for each function had different lines of reporting—an organizational structure that further divided risk management and quality. Patient Safety, Risk, and Quality, which has recently been updated on the Healthcare Risk Control (HRC) members' website, discusses how, today, risk management and quality improvement efforts in healthcare organizations are rallying behind patient safety and finding ways to work together more effectively and efficiently to ensure that their organizations deliver safe, high-quality patient care and continue to minimize risks.

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Culture of Safety; Quality Assurance/Risk Management

Caresetting

Ambulatory Care Center; Ambulatory Surgery Center; Assisted-living Facility; Behavioral Health Facility; Dialysis Facility; Emergency Department; Endoscopy Facility; Home Care; Hospice; Hospital Inpatient; Hospital Outpatient; Imaging Center; Independent Living Facility; Physician Practice; Rehabilitation Facility; Short-stay Facility; Skilled-nursing Facility; Substance Abuse Treatment Facility; Trauma Center

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Healthcare Executive; Patient Safety Officer; Quality Assurance Manager; Risk Manager

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News

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SourceBase Supplier

Product Catalog

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ICD 9/ICD 10

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Publication History

​Published November 19, 2014

Who Should Read This

​Accreditation coordinator, Administration, Business office/finance, Chief medical officer, Corporate compliance, Human resources, Insurance, Legal counsel, Nursing, Patient safety officer, Quality improvement

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