Defining common implicit biases is a vital step in delivering
equitable health care. This article is excerpted from “Recognizing and Managing Bias in the...
Category - Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
Risk managers are aware that the informed consent process is not simply filling out a form for patients to sign. Patients need to be engaged with their...
Social inflation continues to be an issue when it comes to insurance placement, renewals and controlling losses. Social inflation affects insurance premiums...
As a risk manager and a patient during the pandemic, I experienced and observed many risk exposures, and how they were handled in physician, hospital and...
Well-crafted health care policies provide a foundation for operational excellence. However, the perils associated with drafting, revising and implementing...
Pajama bottoms and fuzzy slippers. Travel time and money saved. Who isn’t lured by these and other benefits of virtual witness interviews and depositions...
The convergence of a hardening professional liability insurance
market and the global pandemic is resulting in “predictable uncertainty” (1)...
Communication is an art, a science and a core clinical and leadership competency. Communication competency is critical for a risk
manager’s effectiveness...
With incidents of depression increased by the pandemic, it
is even more important than ever that risk managers working with physician
practices and perinatal...
Establishing a competency validation program is an effective risk mitigation strategy. Knowledge surrounding a concept or skill is only a portion of what...