Risk Management In Health Care
Risk management is vital to ascertain vulnerabilities within health care organizations, keep them in check, mitigate the repercussions from these risks, and prevent harm to patients. If organizations do not follow a risk management protocol then breaches result with catastrophic consequences. For instance, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center (SEMC) is a tertiary care hospital located in Brighton, Massachusetts that offers both inpatient and outpatient services. On November 16, 2012, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) received notification that SEMC used an internet-based document sharing application to store documents containing electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 498 patients without having analyzed the risks associated