Risk Management

Risk management in Southern Health-Santé Sud (SH-SS) is a multi-faceted approach to proactively identify risks and establish measures to prevent the risk before it happens or mitigate the likelihood and impact. There are multiple pieces to the puzzle.

Regional Corporate Risk

In compliance with the Provincial Risk Management Policy (HCS.200.4 – revised and approved in 2022), Southern Health-Santé Sud compiles a regional risk report annually based on the Provincial Risk Management Framework. The annual risk report is approved by the Board of Directors, submitted to Shared Health and Manitoba Health.

HIROC Risk Assessment Checklist

The aim of the HIROC Risk Assessment Checklist Program is to improve patient safety by assisting our organization in identifying and prioritizing areas of improvement. It is a self-assessment tool for compliance with a number of actionable evidence-based mitigation strategies to effectively address top risks leading to medical malpractice claims. Each year, our Senior Leadership Team chooses regional programs to participate in the Risk Assessment Checklist following a three-year cycle. Each year the programs complete or updates a set of risk modules, which are then submitted to HIROC for review and feedback. In the current cycle (2022-2025) the region chose two programs: Acute Care and Long Term Care modules.