The field of health care risk management has grown dramatically over the past few decades, leading professionals to new and exciting roles and responsibilities.
Traditionally, the field of risk management focused primarily on the concept of reducing liability and exposure to risk. Over time, the field has broadened into enterprise risk management (ERM) which combines the features of traditional risk management with utilization review and quality assurance systems. This new model provides health care organizations with risk managers who are focused on patient safety as the guiding principle, and measurement of quality outcomes.
