title: Hospitals find ways to integrate risk-management functions.
abstract: Hospitals that have successfully integrated the risk-management function with other hospital departments say that the process requires both education and teamwork. Among the major challenges: overcoming physician reluctance to participate in risk-management activities, and linking risk management to quality assurance.
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authors.lastname: Hudson
mesh_terms: D003406:Credentialing; D006739:Hospital Administration; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States