Risk Management in Healthcare Organizations

A 43-slide visual primer on patient safety and clinical governance Why do up to 98,000 people die each year from preventable medical error — and what can an organization actually do about it? This presentation answers that question, turning a complex discipline into a clear, visual journey from the case for patient safety through to a culture of continuous learning. Built around six progressive sections — making the case, foundations, identifying, assessing, treating, and learning from risk — it equips clinical and administrative audiences to recognize how harm happens, surface risks early, score and prioritize them with a 5×5 risk matrix, choose the right controls, and learn forward through root-cause analysis and proactive FMEA. What it covers: the landmark "To Err Is Human" report and the anatomy of medical error; the ISO 31000 risk-management process and the role of the risk manager; incident reporting and occurrence screening as an early-warning system; risk scoring and the score-to-action guide; the four risk-control techniques; and the latest sentinel-event data, with communication breakdown identified as the leading root cause. It closes on Just Culture — fixing systems, not blaming people. Designed for healthcare professionals, quality and patient-safety teams, risk managers, and clinical leaders, the deck pairs authoritative content with charts, an interactive-style risk heat map, and clean, modern visuals — ready to present, teach from, or adapt.