A BUYER'S GUIDE TO PATIENT SAFETY AND IRM SYSTEMS
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Patient safety and integrated risk management systems share the same overall objectives: empowering managers to help
staff and department directors improve processes for the purpose of preventing incidents and reducing harm. For risk
managers specifically, an IRM system provides a broad view of all risks and exposures so they can make informed decisions
around risk-retention strategies and effective risk transfer, which helps lower your overall cost of risk. For patient safety
managers, access to accurate and reliable data empowers them to better identify trends and contributing factors in order to
put effective processes and interventions in place.
HERE ARE SPECIFIC BENEFITS YOU SHOULD EXPECT FROM PATIENT SAFETY AND IRM SYSTEMS:
HOW DO PATIENT SAFETY AND IRM SYSTEMS DELIVER ROI?
Provide the ability to set strategies that
deal with uncertainty over time.
Empower managers with live information
so trends and root causes can be quickly
discovered and where possible prevented
and reduced.
Ability to rapidly respond to organizational
changes based on live input from front-
line reporters.
More accurate, complete and reliable
data because of consistent data entry
processes.
Deliver a full picture of current and
historical trends.
Reduce the number of events by better
identifying trends.
Ensure real-time, complete event
reporting, enabling risk management to
get involved sooner.
Less time spent managing data and
completing low-value tasks.
Determine the appropriate course of
action by scoring risks for likelihood and
impact of those potential future events.
Improve the effectiveness of safety
huddles by recognizing potential incidents
earlier. Specifically, by putting easy-to-
analyze data right at users' fingertips.
Consolidations and data merges are done
automatically.
