Running head: HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
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The Role of Healthcare Professionals in Quality and Risk Management
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HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
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Healthcare professionals including physicians and nurses play a significant role in the
quality and risk management process. Since they are usually affected by the process of quality
and risk management, healthcare professionals form part of an essential healthcare stakeholding,
and as a result, their roles in the process of quality and risk management determines the success
of the process. Healthcare professionals are usually on the front line in identifying issues relating
to quality and risk management in a healthcare organization. Quality in health care management
translates to patient satisfaction as well as improved healthcare processes.
Healthcare professionals have a duty of formulating and implementing quality healthcare
