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Chapter 11 - Risk Analysis in Healthcare Decision-Making

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2023

Ramalingam Shanmugam
Ramalingam Shanmugam
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Texas State University, San Marcos
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Summary

Risk is a measure of vulnerability and is defined, assessed, and rectified in several ways. For example, national security describes the protection of a nation and its assets, resources, or people. Risk analysis and the consequent preventive actions in a hospital or clinic aim to protect safety, to keep unauthorized persons from providing healthcare and authorized healthcare providers from abusing their privileges, to preserve confidentiality, and to safeguard advanced medical technologies, among others. Stored records need to be secured and a website, processed information, or data collected in a computer system are vulnerable to insecurity.

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Data-Guided Healthcare Decision Making , pp. 286 - 311
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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