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Article: Doctors, nurses differ on RM communication. (health care risk management) (Health Care Risk Management Review)
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- National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management
- Article date:
- October 25, 1993
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 The National Underwriter Company. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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As health care risk management has developed into a recognized discipline, publications and educational forums relating the principles of risk managment to the health care setting have grown abundant.
Yet, beig effective as a health care risk manager means more than knowing the what of risk management, more than learning the academic principles.
It requires skills that may not be taught in Risk Management 101--skills such as team-building, the art of persuasion and the ability to be a keen listener.
The risk manager cannot protect the organization's assets alone. He or she must be able to "sell" the risk management program to the facility's ...