Continuing its superiority in the health care risk management field, this sixth edition of The Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations is written by the key practitioners and consultant in the field. It contains more practical chapters and health care examples and additional material on methods and techniques of risk reduction and management. It also revises the structure of the previous edition, and focuses on operational and organizational structure rather than risk areas and functions. The three volumes are written using a practical and user-friendly approach.

ROBERTA CARROLL RN, ARM, MBA, CPCU, (series editor and volume 1 coeditor) is senior vice president Aon Risk Solutions' National Health Care Practice, and is based in Tampa, Florida. She is a frequent speaker in the health care risk management areas of enterprise risk, risk financing, claims administration, loss control, captive management, strategic planning and reengineering. A past president of ASHRM, she served on its board of directors for six years.

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR HEALTHCARE RISK MANAGEMENT (ASHRM), a personal membership group of the American Hospital Association, is the international association for more than 5,000 senior level professionals involved in risk management in all types and sizes of health care organizations.

PEGGY L. B. NAKAMURA, RN, MBA, JD, DFASHRM, CPHRM, (volume 1 co-editor) is assistant vice president, chief risk officer and associate counsel, Adventist Health, Roseville, California.

SYLVIA M. BROWN, RN, JD (volume 2 editor) is director of Risk Management for Premier Insurance Management Services in San Diego, California.

GLENN T. TROYER MHA, JD (volume 3 editor) is a partner with Krieg DeVault LLP, in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he concentrates his practice in the health care industry.