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Influence change through patient safety
About the field The field of health-care risk management has grown dramatically over the past few decades, leading professionals to new and exciting roles and responsibilities. Traditionally, the field of risk management focused primarily on the concept of reducing liability and exposure to risk. Over time, the field has broadened into enterprise risk management (ERM) which combines the features of traditional risk management with utilization review and quality assurance systems. This new model provides health-care organizations with risk managers who are focused on patient safety as the guiding principle, and measurement of quality outcomes. This certificate is appropriate for...
Meet the director "Patient safety and performance improvement initiatives are among the most important issues facing the health-care system today. Risk management is an essential business function across the continuum of care in settings such as hospitals, home care, ambulatory services, behavioral health, long-term care, insurance companies, broker companies, physician groups, legal practice, and managed care organizations. The Health Care Risk Management and Patient Safety Certificate will afford health-care professionals a distinctive opening to participate in a challenging specialty that is evolving into a field of increasing opportunity." -- Dolly M. Curley, RN, BS, BSN, DABFN, LNCC, Legal Nurse Consultant and Program Director |
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of Delaware • Division of Professional and Continuing Studies
• John M. Clayton Hall, Newark, DE 19716 Contact information • • Copyright University of Delaware |