title: Pursuing enterprise risk management: a local road map for Canadian healthcare leaders.
abstract: An in-depth analysis of organizational risk management in healthcare, and in particular the concepts of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), has identified a 5-part model that can be used by Canadian healthcare leaders as an evidence-supported approach to successful organizational risk management. The Model for Organizational Risk Management, termed "the Model," has been developed as a basis for linking the components of an ERM Framework into a Canadian health organization to overcome the barriers that commonly disrupt strategic risk management. The Model addresses how an ERM Framework can fit within an existing health organization by building off and enhancing existing processes and resources to ensure familiarity, acceptance, and sustainability of the risk management program. By approaching the Model in a stepwise fashion (based on individual organizational context), healthcare leaders are provided with a road map from which to advance their own organizational risk management program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Quality, Safety and Risk, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. james.haney@saskcancer.ca
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Haney
authors.affiliation: Department of Political Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Church
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Rhonda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cockerill
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D006270:Health Facility Administrators; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires