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The effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic on risk management practice: A report from the epicenter of the epicenter in New York City
Author(s) -
Tolentino Victorio R.,
Derevlany Louise,
DeLaMothe Cassandra,
Vick Suzanne,
Chalyavski Luba
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of healthcare risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2040-0861
pISSN - 1074-4797
DOI - 10.1002/jhrm.21461
Subject(s) - epicenter , covid-19 , pandemic , risk management , business , medicine , engineering , virology , outbreak , civil engineering , disease , finance , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Health care organizations have had to respond to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic in unprecedented ways. In the United States, where health risk management is an established profession, health care risk managers (HRMs) contributed to the response by supporting organizations and frontline workers. HRMs advised administrative and clinical leadership on decisions and policies aimed at addressing the medico legal, ethical, and operational dilemmas raised by this public health emergency. This article describes these challenges from the perspective of a New York City (NYC) public hospital located in the “epicenter within the epicenter” of the pandemic and aims to provide practical guidance for HRMs on the front lines of this crisis.