Are Doctors Unhealthy? Managing Cardiovascular Risks in Physicians

MANAGING THE CARDIOVASCULAR RISKS IN HYPERTENSION Introduction

The title of this conference, “Hypertension: A View Beyond the Numbers,” is not just an intriguing phrase, it is a meaningful concept. Those of us in the field of hypertension today know by now that antihypertensive treatment prevents complications and decreases morbidity. The classic study pointing to this conclusion was the Veterans Administration (VA) study, which clearly showed that morbidi...

How physicians are managing concussions in Connecticut.

Are Pharmaceutical Company Payments Incentivising Malpractice in Japanese Physicians?

Managing Creative Risks

Business process management (BPM) has emerged as an important enabler for managing risks. Organizations use BPM techniques such as process modeling to create transparency and to identify process-related risks. Existent risk management frameworks distinguish between different types of risk, such as people, technical, and management risk. Our study suggests that creativity in business processes l...

Managing long-term risks