Public Risk Management

Five Ways To Mitigate Health Plan Risks

Listen in on this week's podcast discussing police departments and risk retention pools around the United States partnering with BolaWrap, a remote restraint device designed to help law enforcement control subjects without causing pain or injury. The BolaWrap is a handheld tool that deploys a cord which wraps around the subject's arms or legs, immobilizing them and allowing officers to approach an...

Do We Have To - Why FEMA Should Be Part Of Your Risk Management In this Prima podcast, Joe Blasi, Jeb McPherson, and Eddie Mitchell discuss the importance of having FEMA as part of your risk management strategy

First Responders Protect Us - Let's Help Them Heal This week we have Gary Stanley is the Senior VP and Medical Officer at Harvard MedTech. Gary gives his expertise and experience on ways to identify injuries or trauma first responders may be dealing with. The larger events are easy to identify however the smaller or day to day small traumas that add up overtime. A lot of the initial needs of the p...

Application of the Texas Enterprise Risk Management Guidelines with Lisette Osborne Networking at PRIMA’s conference Lisette was introduced to Texas’s ‘SORM’ website https://www.sorm.state.tx.us/ where she was able to find the state’s guidelines on risk management. The website has sections and guidelines broken down into a variety of content which may be helpful if you are new to the risk manageme...

Kathleen McChesney, CEO, Kinsale Consulting, details the responsibilities that school organizations and youth-serving organizations need to take in order to prevent sexual misconduct.  Recent studies show that 4% of children are abused in school settings around the country. The steps in prevention include: Having a good plan, Establishing policies based on research of successful programsFollowing...

Cyber Challenges In K - 12 Public Schools with Brett Carruthers

Henry Svendblad, Chief Technology Officer at Company Nurse, explains why risk management technology is more important than ever. By investing in the right digital technology it ensures processes are simple to manage and effective. He describes digital empathy and its relational to risk technology solutions. Digital empathy creates an enhanced user experience as well as delivering timely and secure...

The Right Care At The Right Time - How Digital Health Is Transforming Employee Wellness And Return - To - Work

Thom Rickert - Understanding Copyright Risk In Education

Cyber Insurance and Mitigating Risks

The Cyber Security Landscape: 2021 and Beyond

David Lupinsky ,Sr. Vice President of Products at CorVel, shares the Opportunities and Benefits of Telehealth/Digital Health. The primary benefit is that healthcare is being brought to patients, instead of patients having to go to healthcare. It also has caused savings for employers, increased productivity at the workplace, better and more efficient care for the individual and subsequently leading...

Jason McMahon, Risk Manager for Midwest Public Risk, offers insights and preventive strategies for Cyber Incidents. He starts off by answering why we still see so many cyber incidents; explaining that oftentimes it doesn’t become a priority for entities until there’s been an issue. He shares tips that can help in determining if an email is phishing or not and what he’s seen from the claim side tha...

Thomas Bullock, Director of Education and Training at Virginia Risk Sharing Association (VRSA), teaches how to identify and respond to current and future cyber security threats. Cyber Security has transitioned from protecting data to every area that we use the internet, from social media and email to GPS and medical records. Thomas explains how cyber attacks stem from organizational problems, not...

Brian Mahy, AVP, Marketing & Business Development for Trident Public Risk Solutions, instructs how to expand a social media following. When considering communication practices he compares the usefulness of social media to a town square. It's a place for important information where people will already be congregating. In order to grow an audience, it's important to set specific goals and milestones...

Diane Becker, explains what it means to communicate with a frog. It encompasses the unique and effective techniques for communication with members. She explains why starting with the audience is key - asking who they are, and what their needs are. Secondly, it’s having a specific goal. She suggests the first goal to be building trust with the audience. That will lead to better interactions and und...

Scott Roloff, President or IntergerHealth Technologies, explains how his work in quantifying the outcome of healthcare costs can drive down the costs and improve the quality of care. He shares the different quality measures that Health Providers use, and how employers can better rank their doctors. He discusses the different ways they measure ROI and the key analytics for finding their Claims per...

John Roy, Sr. Risk Control Field Representative, Tokio Marine HCC, discusses the practices to safeguarding parks and recreational areas for children. He explains how liability trends are changing from the past - an increase of bike paths and walking trails have their own liability issues. Also how water features can pose a threat at chemical access points and the importance of having a checklist o...

2022 Annual Conference - Chase Burton

Annual Conference Reflection - Kaylee Boggan

This week's podcast episode we have William Huang who is an undergraduate student studying risk management and insurance at St. John's University share his experience at Prima's 2022 annual conference. Listen in on William's greatest takeaways included being able to connect with the diversity of attendees, gaining better understanding on how risk management works on a domestic and international le...

Joaquina Scott Kankam, Director and Senior Consultant, School of Solutions, discusses how to better protect youth and cyber security. The first step is to implement a clear policy, she explains what it should include and how to ensure that it’s effective with and being adhered to. She also provides the effect of the pandemic on Cyber Risk, what to do with social platforms managed by multiple peopl...

Joseph Whitlock, Senior Advisor, Health, Safety, and Industrial Hygiene, EFI Global, explains COVID-19 Engineering and Facility Controls. He saw organizations use a variety of tactics to reduce COVID-19, some of which worked while others didn’t. He explains why local HEPA filtration units worked best, especially for facilities that weren’t capable of upgrading their HVAC systems, as well as the si...

Applying Health And Safety Trends To Your Organization