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Case Study On Evidence Based Risk Management Best Practice

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Evidence- based risk management best practice
According to Freeney & Murphy ( 2013) risk management is a process of risk identification, response development, risk evaluation, continuous observing and appraisal in order to reduce the risk of injury to patients, staff and visitors. Risk has been defined as “the chance of something happening that will have an impact on the achievement of organisational stated objectives,” HSE (2008) or “the effect of uncertainty on the objectives” ISO 31000 : 2009. In any organisation particularly health care risk management affects everybody, and each individual should be clear about their responsibilities for managing risks. Responsibilities should therefore be specified in employee’s job descriptions or in relevant policies and procedural documents. The accountability frame work for risk …show more content…

Failing to to providing the obligations can lead to harm to others.
Although risks will never be eliminated completely it can be reduced by applying good processes and procedures (HSE 2007). In the case study ‘Mildred’s Story’ there is evidence to indicate an urgent call for the healthcare service to consider the current system for managing care and safeguarding patients. Change in any organisation can only be achieved by changing the organisational culture. Working in any environment requires taking risks. Therefore it is clearly important to be able to identify, analyse, control and manage these risks by using a methodological (HSE 2009) Research shows that various risk management tools exist, ranging from the strict minimum to very comprehensive methodological (Harrison 1997). In different countries there are different methods applied in risk management, however the methodology is the same, systems characterization and description, threat and vulnerability identification, risk assessment and recommended

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