title: [Risk management project: reactive or proactive approach?].
abstract: Risk management in healthcare refers to the process of developing strategies aimed at preventing and controlling the risk of occurrence of errors and harmful events. The final objective is primarily that of increasing patient safety and secondarily, that of reducing the financial burden of adverse events. The implementation of a risk management system is therefore of vital strategic importance. Nevertheless, a fundamental question that needs to be answered in the operational phase is: should a proactive or reactive approach to risk management be taken? In our view, proactive risk management has many advantages over a reactive approach and is therefore preferable. The reactive approach should be taken exclusively to obtain information regarding risk and errors, in the preliminary, as well as monitoring and follow-up phases of the project.
authors.affiliation: Direzione Sanitaria Presidio San Luca, Azienda Sanitaria Locale, Salerno 3. pcj.vastola@tiscali.it
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vastola
authors.forename: Donato M T
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Saracino
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005791:Patient Care / Q000592:standards*; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D017749:Total Quality Management