Risk management is a very important topic. Risk management involves high quality patient care while having a safe environment for patients, employees, and visitors. Risk management also can minimize financial loss by reducing the chances of injuries through prevention.
Most places will have a risk management team that they may refer to as a safety team, a loss prevention team, or claims management. Call them what you want, they all do the same thing by trying to make the facility as safe a place as possible to reduce, or tyring to eliminate, accidents to prevent people from getting hurt and bringing suite against the facility by legal action. Although there are teams for risk management, it is every person job to reduce risk. This can be done as easily as picking up a piece of paper on the floor so no one slips on it, or calling someone to clean up a spill (which I do at Wal-Mart). I do not want to see someone get hurt by something I could have prevented so it is important for everyone to take a moment and think of someone else if they see something that could cause injury to someone else. This does not mean you need to shovel or throw salt down on a sidewalk if you slip, but let someone in the facility know so they can call someone to do it....it is that simple.
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