Mission

The mission of the UCSD Medical Center Risk Management Department is to provide outstanding support for our patients, medical staff and employees.

Goals

The goals of the UCSD Risk Management Department are to:

• Promote delivery of quality of healthcare
• Promote safety
• Identify and control hazards & injuries
• Protect the University's resources

We need your cooperation and support to achieve these goals.

When adverse events (any less-than-expected or bad outcomes) occur, everyone's best interest is served when the incidents are immediately and carefully evaluated to determine if any legal liability might exist.  Early intervention enables UCSD Medical Center to treat the involved persons fairly.  Besides being the right thing to do, fair treatment may prevent lawsuits that escalate the cost of an appropriate settlement or significantly delay the initiation of payments to those who have been injured.  

Familiarize yourself with UCSDMC and department policies.  You have the responsibility to review and follow your own department's policies, procedures, and protocols as well as those of the UCSDMC.  Unfamiliarity with these policies cannot be used as an excuse for not complying with them.  UCSD Medical Center Policies and the Clinical Enterprise Policies can be found at MCPs/CEPs Online.

 

 

 

Risk Management is about protecting and educating staff so they can provide safe and optimal patient care.

 

We offer educational lectures provided by Risk Management staff and Defense Council.