MediRisk
MediRisk is a non profit mutual insurance company for patient safety and medical liability located in Utrecht. Our members (especially hospitals) are also the owners. They founded MediRisk more than thirty years ago to keep medical liability affordable and insurable. Currently, about half of the general hospitals in the Netherlands are part of the mutual.
Due to the unique character of the mutual in which hospitals have united to both bear the costs together and to share insight about claims we are able to realize ambitious Safety Programs.
Since 2017, our focus changed from Safety-I to Safety-II. We realized In cooperation with Denmark collaboratives
Collobarotive Learning Safety-II and Restorative Just Culture
In collaborative learning programs we share knowledge, experience and conduct research in practice.
We believe that a practice of Restorative Just Culture can lead to organizational learning, emotional healing for the people involved in incidents and a reduction in the likelihood of claims.
That is why a group of Dutch hospitals changed their approach in dealing with adverse events from interrogating those involved to a more healing approach with all those concerned.
Fellowship program New View in Patient Safety
Back row: Patricia Wimmer MediRisk, Alex Wilbrink MediRisk, Caroline Heijckmann, internist-endocrinologist Bernhoven, Anne-Loes Luyendijk MediRisk, Wendy Oerbekke ZGT, Thera Koppenol Rijnstate, Frederike Huegen, Business Analist HAP Rijnmond. Middle row: Astrid Ferwerda MediRisk, Mirjam Schotman, urologist Meander, Miriam Kroeze MediRisk. Front row: Prof. Sidney Dekker and Robert Jan de Boer
In 2022 we started a MediRisk Fellowship program New View on Safety. To build expertise with people from the healthcare practice. Together they follow a four-day masterclass with Professor Sidney Dekker in which restorative just culture is also a very important topic.
If you would like more information about Safety-II and restorative just culture, get in touch with Miriam Kroeze: miriam.kroeze@medirisk.nl
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