HRM Week June 16-20, 2025
Health Care Risk Management Week (HRM Week)
HRM Week recognizes and celebrates health care risk professionals who play a pivotal role in ensuring safe and trusted patient care and safeguarding the well-being of staff. Each year ASHRM offers special educational events, resources and activities designed to shine a light on different risk management areas and honor the impact our members make within the health care community.
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HRM Week Activity
A printable, fun word search for the entire team:
Download and share with your team to highlight terms that represent risk management.
Special Edition of the Journal of Health Care Risk Management for HRM Week
Volume 43, Issue 4 2024
Delve into the latest insights and strategies in health care risk management, exploring topics ranging from social risk and health inequity to violence in the workplace, alongside practical guides for mitigating audit log-related risk and cultivating leadership skillsets for high-reliability organizations.
You can purchase CE credits for the following articles (read them and complete a short quiz to claim your credit):
- Social Risk, Health Inequity, and Patient Safety
- Violence in the Health Care Workplace and ERM Solutions
- A Guide to Mitigating Audit Log-Related Risk in Medical Professional Liability Cases
- The Necessary Leadership Skillsets for the High-Reliability Organization Framework Adoption within Acute Health Care Organizations
ASHRM White Papers to Help You Grow
Removing Barriers: Professional Development
This white paper explains the value of the Certified Professional in Health Care Risk Management (CPHRM) credential as well as explores the history of the FASHRM and DFASHRM designations, salutes the individuals who have attained them, presents the applicable requirements, and offers suggestions that will help ASHRM members set goals, eliminate barriers and position themselves to earn these important recognitions.
Growing as a Risk Professional: The Importance of Local Chapters
This paper delves into the benefits of belonging to and being active in a local chapter. Active engagement at the local level will uncover various opportunities for the risk professional to participate in committees, give presentations, build leadership skills and a professional network, get to know other risk professionals and maximize their chapter membership benefits.
Podcasts: Health Care Risk Professional Journeys
Josh Hyatt
Josh Hyatt discusses his career in risk management, as a bioethics expert, and an adjunct professor at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. He shares his experience working with ASHRM and as a speaker and author.
Katherine Du Fresne
Katherine Du Fresne discusses her journey from being a nurse to being a risk manager and her time working as a risk management consultant. She'll also elaborate on her position as the Executive Director of Clinical Risk Management for Indiana University Health.
Rodney Melton
Join Rodney Melton, Manager of Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management at Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, Texas on his journey from an EMT to a health care leader. Listen in as Rodney shares insights into industry challenges and what he has learned over 20 years in the profession.
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