The Clinical Risk Management Policy

To begin with, organisations need to decide at a most fundamental level whether or not they intend to undertake CRM activities at all. After all, not all HTT software is capable of impacting patient care (as discussed in Sect. 1.6.1). Even in these circumstances 

The safety assurance of a system inevitably requires resources and in some cases the demand is not insignificant Failure to develop a CRM policy can deprioritise these activities at times when resources are challenged. All too quickly one can end up in a situation where CRM effort is completely omitted from a business case entirely leading to project risk, unexpected costs and potentially patient harm. 

A clear indication of who the key decision makers are, who has ultimate accountability for safety and for ruling on the recommendations of the CRM team. 

How individuals within an organisation are expected to prioritise safety in then-day to day work as part of a safety culture and how concerns can be raised in a blame-free, non-prejudicial manner. 

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