Abstract
It is impossible in Health IT and healthcare generally to eliminate clinical risk. Therefore in any risk assessment there comes a point where one is forced to make a judgement on the level of risk which is acceptable. This begs the difficult question, acceptable to whom? A number of industries have adopted an approach originating from the UK, i.e. an understanding that the assessed risk needs to be reduced to As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP). This key principle paves the way for organisations to justify residual risk once its nature has been characterised and its controls validated. This chapter examines the practicalities of setting the risk acceptability bar and the challenges in including clinical benefits in the justification.
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Stavert-Dobson, A. (2016). Acceptability and Ownership of Risk. In: Health Information Systems. Health Informatics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26612-1_3
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