Michigan Society of Healthcare Risk Management (MSHRM)

04/17/2026

Annual Meeting Speaker Spotlight: Brian E. Peters, MHSA, FNCHL

Session: Michigan Healthcare: A Strategic Outlook
Time: May 20, 3:30–4:30 PM

As CEO of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association, Brian Peters has spent 35 years shaping healthcare policy, advocacy, and system level strategy across the state.
His bio highlights his leadership across numerous boards, including the AHA Board of Trustees and BCBSM Board of Directors.

Brian will provide a forward-looking perspective on Michigan’s healthcare landscape — essential context for every risk leader.

📌 MSHRM Annual Meeting and Conference
📅 May 20–21, 2026
📍 Blue Water Convention Center | Port Huron, MI
🔗 mshrm.org

04/16/2026

If you work in risk management, patient safety, quality improvement, compliance, patient experience, security, or healthcare operations, MSRHM wants you!

The Michigan Society of Healthcare Risk Management (MSHRM) provides a community focused on safer patient care and proactive risk management.

MSHRM brings these interdisciplinary professionals together to collaborate, learn, and strengthen safety across the healthcare enterprise.

MSHRM provides year-round education and networking opportunities, including:
• Spring Conference
• Fall Educational Conference
• Annual Conference
• Educational webinars throughout the year included with membership

Recent and upcoming topics include:
• High Reliability Organizations and safety leadership
• Sexual abuse and professional boundary violations in healthcare
• Cybersecurity risks and operational disruption
• Workplace violence prevention
• Trauma-informed care
• Obstetrical risk and maternal safety
• Behavioral health risk management

Learn more about membership and upcoming programs: www.MSHRM.org

04/16/2026

MSHRM Annual Meeting Speaker Spotlight: Monica Cooke, RN, PMH BC, BSN, MA, CPHQ, CPHRM, DFASHRM

Sessions:
• It’s Time: Behavioral Health Risks — May 20, 2:30–3:30 PM
• Staff are ONLY Human! Human Resources and Behavioral Health Patient Risk — May 21, 12:30–1:30 PM

A Distinguished Fellow of ASHRM and a 2024 ASHRM Distinguished Service Award recipient, Monica Cooke brings more than 40 years of behavioral health and workplace violence expertise.

Her bio describes her as “recognized as an expert in the field of behavioral health risk and healthcare workplace violence mitigation.”

Monica’s sessions will deliver high impact insights for organizations facing rising behavioral health complexity.

📌 MSHRM Annual Meeting and Conference
📅 May 20–21, 2026
📍 Blue Water Convention Center | Port Huron, MI
🔗 mshrm.org

04/15/2026

MSHRM Annual Meeting Speaker Spotlight: Paul A. Greve Jr., JD, RPLU

Session: Obstetric Risk and Litigation: Managing Clinical and Legal Challenges
Time: May 20, 1:15–2:15 PM

With 40+ years of experience across hospital administration, risk management, and healthcare liability insurance, Paul Greve is one of the nation’s most respected voices in medical legal risk.

His bio notes he has “authored over 150 articles” and contributed to major medical and nursing textbooks.

Paul will unpack emerging obstetric risk trends and litigation challenges — a must attend session for risk leaders navigating today’s complex OB landscape.

📌 MSHRM Annual Meeting and Conference
📅 May 20–21, 2026
📍 Blue Water Convention Center | Port Huron, MI
🔗 mshrm.org

04/14/2026

Annual Meeting Speaker Spotlight: Erin Catalano, MS, OTR

Session: Critical Incidents & Trauma-Informed Peer Support Panel
Time: May 20, 10:45–11:45 AM

Erin Catalano is a Sr. Team Member Safety Specialist at Corewell Health with deep expertise in workplace violence prevention, ergonomics, and safety culture.

Her bio highlights her focus on “workplace violence prevention, intervention, & recovery tactics,” making her an essential voice in this multidisciplinary panel.

Erin will share practical strategies for supporting staff safety and well being.

📌 MSHRM Annual Meeting and Conference
📅 May 20–21, 2026
📍 Blue Water Convention Center | Port Huron, MI
🔗 mshrm.org

04/13/2026

MSHRM Annual Meeting Speaker Spotlight: Kara Pettinger, LMSW, CPC

Session: Critical Incidents & Trauma-Informed Peer Support Panel
Time: May 20, 10:45–11:45 AM

Kara Pettinger is a Senior Caregiver Wellbeing Specialist at Corewell Health and a leader in trauma informed leadership development. She has designed and facilitated systemwide programs focused on provider wellbeing and trauma responsive care.

Her bio notes her extensive training in “somatic therapy, EMDR, women’s health, and polyvagal theory.”

Kara brings a holistic, clinician centered lens to our panel conversation.

📌 MSHRM Annual Meeting and Conference
📅 May 20–21, 2026
📍 Blue Water Convention Center | Port Huron, MI
🔗 mshrm.org

04/10/2026

ASHRM Hospital at Home White Paper

Hospital‑at‑home programs are expanding rapidly, offering patients acute‑level care in their homes.

ASHRM’s white paper, Hospital at Home: Navigating Risk Outside the Traditional Hospital Setting, provides a practical guide for risk professionals and health system leaders to confidently design, scale and govern hospital‑at‑home programs without compromising quality, safety, or compliance.

📄 Download the white paper and equip your organization to deliver safe, sustainable hospital‑level care at home: https://ow.ly/PeVT50YHggk

04/10/2026

MSHRM Annual Meeting Speaker Spotlight: Amy Morrison-Maybee, LMSW, CPC

Session: Critical Incidents & Trauma-Informed Peer Support Panel

Time: May 20, 10:45–11:45 AM

We’re honored to feature Amy Morrison-Maybee, Manager of Employee Crisis and Peer Support at Bronson Healthcare Group. Amy leads a multidisciplinary CISM team of up to 85 responders and is deeply committed to psychological safety in healthcare.

Her bio highlights her passion for “creating spaces where healthcare workers feel seen, supported, and valued.”

Amy brings a compassionate, evidence informed perspective to our panel discussion.

📌 MSHRM Annual Meeting and Conference
📅 May 20–21, 2026
📍 Blue Water Convention Center | Port Huron, MI
🔗 mshrm.org

04/09/2026

MSHRM Annual Meeting Speaker Spotlight: Phil Wiechart, M.Div., BCC

Session: Critical Incidents & Trauma-Informed Peer Support Panel

Time: May 20, 10:45–11:45 AM

Meet Phil Wiechart, Board Certified Chaplain and longtime leader of Corewell Health’s CISM program. Phil has coordinated a team of 180+ peer facilitators who have supported 8,763 employees after stressful events — including workplace violence, adverse outcomes, and medical errors.

As his bio notes, “In 2025 alone 1,110 employees attended 112 support events.” His impact on caregiver well being is extraordinary.

Phil joins our panel to share real-world insights on trauma informed peer support and organizational healing.

📌 MSHRM Annual Meeting and Conference
📅 May 20–21, 2026
📍 Blue Water Convention Center | Port Huron, MI
🔗 mshrm.org

04/09/2026

ASHRM Leader Elections are now open - Nominate through May 4th

Are you passionate about advancing safe & trusted health care? Nominations for the ASHRM Leadership elections are open through May 4, 2026! Nominations are open for these roles:

☑️President-Elect
☑️ASHRM Advisory Board
☑️ASHRM Nominating Committee

Nominate yourself or someone else now: https://ow.ly/BOsP50YF73o

04/08/2026

We’re kicking off our MSHRM 2026 Speaker Spotlight Series! 🎉

MSHRM Annual Meeting Speaker Spotlight: Krysta Dancy, MFT

Session: Trauma-Informed Medical Care: Addressing Secondary Trauma and Building Resilience in High-Stakes Clinical Settings

Time: May 20, 9:30–10:30 AM

We’re thrilled to welcome Krysta Dancy, LMFT, a nationally recognized trauma therapist and founder of Dancy Perinatal. With over 20 years of experience, Krysta is known for her ability to “translate complex trauma science into practical, compassionate strategies for care.”

Her work has helped thousands of medical and mental health professionals build resilience, reduce secondary trauma, and create safer, more supportive care environments.

Join us as Krysta brings her research based, deeply human approach to the MSHRM stage.

📌 MSHRM Annual Meeting and Conference
📅 May 20–21, 2026
📍 Blue Water Convention Center | Port Huron, MI
🔗 mshrm.org

04/04/2026

❗️Free ASHRM Webinar❗️

Join the Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE) and the American Society for Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM) Thursday April 16 for this important session exploring risks environmental services professionals face when interacting with and caring for patients with infectious diseases.

Karen Markwith and Pamela Toppel will lead this engaging webinar. Register today: https://ow.ly/4pAw50YzWaH