Improved Hospital Quality and Risk Management With An Independent Review Organization (IRO)
| Many risk managers inside hospitals view hospital | (IROs) as a part of the hospital peer review | |||
| peer reviews as an effective way to resolve | process. They use IROs as a tool that to improve | |||
| sentinel events on a timely basis and reduce the | their decision making regarding sentinel events and | |||
| potential for expensive lawsuits or sanctions. Risk | the adjudication of potential problems. | |||
| managers view independent review organizations |