ECRI reintroduces hospital risk control system:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The ECRI has revamped its hospital risk control system (HRC) to include information on outpatient settings, home healthcare, ambulatory care, long-term care, managed care and the acute care setting. This will reduce risk for the healthcare community as over 600,000 abstracts on healthcare risk management, safety, quality assurance and malpractice are available to HRC members, says Ronni Solomon, vice-president for legal affairs and risk management.
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