title: Risk management: new focus for traditional functions.
abstract: Physician cooperation and leadership are essential to risk control programs in hospitals. A recent AMA seminar on risk control in patient care dissected risk management into components familiar to all physicians--quality of care, infection control, medical records--with insight into how each segment relates to an overall program.
mesh_terms: D005376:Financial Management; D006753:Hospital Records; D008318:Malpractice; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010819:Physician's Role; D014481:United States