Administrative risk-management information system application software
Definition
An application software program, routines, and/or algorithms intended to be used as or in an information system to electronically receive, collect, store, manage, assist in analysis of, display, output, and distribute data, within or between healthcare facilities, to support the administrative activities associated with the provision and utilization of risk-management services (including processes related to quality of care, maintaining a safe environment, and protecting financial assets). It is typically supplied for installation into a dedicated information system for risk management, or existing mainframe or decentralized computers/networks.