Medical-legal problems in the emergency department related to hand injuries.
One of the areas that has become important to emergency medicine is that of risk management, which uses retrospective evaluation of improper medical encounters in an attempt to prevent future similar occurrences. Risk management involves the identification of the risk, the control of the risk, and the prevention of the risk.
D003253:Consultants; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice; D012306:Risk