White Papers
ASHRM white papers are developed and peer-reviewed by professionals in the field to provide you with reliable information that is promoting best practices in health care risk management. As the leader in advancing safe and trusted health care through enterprise risk management, ASHRM strives to deliver content that meets the needs of our members and all those in the risk management field.
Featured White Papers
Recognizing and Managing Bias White Paper Series:
- Recognizing and Managing Bias in the Ambulatory Health Care/Outpatient Setting
- Recognizing and Managing Bias in the Inpatient Health Care Setting
- Recognizing and Managing Bias in Digital Health
Growing as a Risk Professional: The Importance of Local Chapters | Chapter Benefits
Removing Barriers: Professional Development for ASHRM Members
EMTALA: A Practical Primer for Risk Professionals
Operational
- Health Care Risk Management: The Path Forward (PDF)
- Disclosure of Unanticipated Events (PDF)
- Different Roles, Same Goal: Risk and Quality Management Partnering for Patient Safety (PDF)
- Strategies and Tips for Maximizing Failure Mode Effect Analysis in Your Organization (PDF)
Clinical/Patient Safety
- Behavioral Health Care White Paper Series
- Ambulatory Care/Outpatient Setting
- Emergency Department Setting
- Inpatient Medical Setting
- Serious Safety Events: A Focus on Harm Classification - Deviation in Care as Link Getting to Zero™ White Paper Edition No. 2 (PDF)
- Serious Safety Events: Getting to Zero™ White Paper Edition No. 1 (PDF)
- Tackling Patient Safety Taxonomy: A Must for Risk Managers (PDF)
- Modernization of Patient Safety Event Reporting: Surveillance and Benchmarking (PDF)
- Turning Lessons Learned into Actionable Knowledge (PDF)
- The Growing Role of the Patient Safety Officer: Implications for Risk Managers (PDF)
Strategic
- Enterprise Risk Management: A Framework for Success (PDF)
- Value-Driven ERM: Making ERM an Engine for Simultaneous Value Creation and Value Protection (PDF)
- Enterprise Risk Management: Defining the Concept; Getting an ERM Program Started; The Role of the Chief Risk Officer (PDF)
Financial
- Pre-dispute Arbitration Agreements in Provider Contracts: What Health Care Risk Managers Should Know (PDF)
- The Basics of Captive Insurance Programs (PDF)
- Building a Better Submission: How to Get the Best Insurance Quotes (PDF)
- Perspectives on the State of the Insurance Market (PDF)
Human Capital
Legal/Regulatory
- Perspectives in Advance Directives (PDF)
- A Call for Federal Immunity to Protect Health Care Employers, and Patients (PDF)
- A Risk Manager’s Tour of the ARRA (PDF)
- How to Use & Understand Statutes, Regulations, Guidelines, Interpretations & Model Guidance (PDF)
Technology