Risk Management in Healthcare IT

In healthcare IT, risk management is about assessing and reducing the risks along the spectrum of IT development—including healthcare device manufacturers, software developers, healthcare IT service providers, healthcare IT implementers, government organizations involved in healthcare, other third parties, healthcare providers, and—most importantly—patients.

Risk management in healthcare takes more lessons from the nuclear and aerospace industries than from the more traditional manufacturing or financial domains, in the sense that the ultimate impact of a risk in healthcare IT is the emotional or physical well-being of a patient. When risks can cost lives, the management of these risks becomes a priority component ...

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