Physiotherapy risk management a practical approach.
Risk Management is an important focus in health care today. We attempt to define the term and explore differences between a risk management approach and quality assurance. Occurrence screening is examined and the importance of patient satisfaction outlined. An example of a practical physiotherapy program which incorporates quality assurance, risk management, and utilization review is given.
D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000592:standards*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009864:Ontario; D010814:Physical Therapy Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D014600:Utilization Review