title: [Risk management in the USA].
abstract: In the US and even within healthcare, Risk Management as a concept has existed for a long time--however, never as formally as it exists today. The change in how risk is identified and managed in hospitals and within medical care has evolved considerably in just the last 25 years. Risk management took on increased importance with the medical malpractice crisis the US experienced in the mid-1970s. Up until then, it appears its primary function had been to economically transfer risk. With the advent of managed care, risks have been recognized as generators of considerable potential cost to the healthcare system and one that must be proactively managed. Today, the successful management of risk is an essential part of healthcare administration.
authors: Geschäftsführer Physicians World GmbH, Mannheim, Deutschland.
authors: P A
authors: PA
authors: Dombrowski
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000592:standards; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States