Healthcare Risk Management Programs

University of South Florida

• The University of South Florida has a healthcare risk management program that is self-paced and delivered in an online format. The program covers topics that include history and purpose of risk management; elements of negligence, liability, malpractice and managing insurance claims; healthcare standards and regulations impacting long term care; methods for identifying the risk exposure in hospitals, long term care and ambulatory surgical centers; systems linking risk management with quality improvement; and risk control techniques that reduce patient errors and increase patient safety.

  University of South Florida
  4202 East Fowler Avenue
  Tampa, FL 33620
  813-974-2011
  usf.edu

University of Delaware

• The University of Delaware has a certificate program in health care risk management and patient safety. This program is designed for health care professionals who have between three and five years of clinical experience. The program consists of five modules that include an overview of health care risk management; standards, laws, regulatory affairs and patient safety; enterprise risk management and corporate compliance; alternative health care sites and employment risk; and risk financing, insurance and contracts.

  University of Delaware
  210 South College Avenue
  Newark, DE 19716
  302-831-8123
  udel.edu

University of Florida

• The University of Florida has a healthcare risk management program that is conducted online and prepares students who are working professionals in law or healthcare for entry into the field of patient safety and health care risk management. Students in this program will cover topics that include enterprise risk management, risk management metrics, interpersonal communication skills, health information management and occupational safety, health and environmental impairment.

  University of Florida
  2209 Northwest 13th Street
  Suite D
  Gainesville, FL 32609
  352-392-3261
  ufl.edu

University of Ohio

• The University of Ohio offers a healthcare risk management certificate program that is delivered in an online format with only three workshops that last for three days each time. These required workshops begin on a Thursday morning at 10 a.m. and go through Saturday afternoon at 12 p.m. This program teaches students how to respond as a risk manager in the time of crisis. The program lasts for six months and covers three areas: risk financing, development of a proactive risk management program and responding to risks in the healthcare system.

  University of Ohio
  155 East Broad Street
  Columbus, OH 43215
  614-221-7777
  ohiou.edu