Health Information Systems: Managing Clinical Risk

Introduction.- Standards and Quality Management in Health IT.- The Nature of Risk and Safety.- Acceptability and Ownership of Risk.- The Safety Management System.- Undertaking a Clinical Risk Management Project.- The Scope of Clinical Risk Management.- The Hazardous Environment.- Failure of Health IT.- A Framework for Hazards in Health IT Systems.- Structuring the Hazard Register.- Populating the Hazard Register.- Estimating and Evaluating Clinical Risk.- Developing Control Strategies.- Software Testing in Clinical Risk Management.- Gathering Evidence for the Safety Case.- Developing the Safety Case.- Handling Faults in Live Service.- The Safety Case in Live Service.- Availability and Performance.- Evidencing Competency.- Language and Writing Style.