Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the health care system and affected all sectors of society, including critical infrastructures. In turn, the impact on society's infrastructures has impacted back on the health care sector. These
interactions have created a system of associated risks and outcomes, where the outcomes of risks are risks themselves and where the resulting consequences are complex vicious cycles. Traditional risks assessment methods cannot cope with interdependent risks. This paper describes a novel risk systemicity approach to elicit and mitigate the systemic risks of a major pandemic. The approach employed the internet-based software strategyfinder™ in workshops to elicit relevant risk information from sixteen appropriately selected experts from the health care sector and major sectors impacted by and impacting back on the health care sector. The risk information was processed with powerful analytical tools of strategyfinder to allow the experts to prioritise portfolios of strategies attacking the vicious cycles.
interactions have created a system of associated risks and outcomes, where the outcomes of risks are risks themselves and where the resulting consequences are complex vicious cycles. Traditional risks assessment methods cannot cope with interdependent risks. This paper describes a novel risk systemicity approach to elicit and mitigate the systemic risks of a major pandemic. The approach employed the internet-based software strategyfinder™ in workshops to elicit relevant risk information from sixteen appropriately selected experts from the health care sector and major sectors impacted by and impacting back on the health care sector. The risk information was processed with powerful analytical tools of strategyfinder to allow the experts to prioritise portfolios of strategies attacking the vicious cycles.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
| Editors | Anouck Adrot, Rob Grace, Kathleen Moore, Christopher Zobel |
| Place of Publication | Blacksburg |
| Pages | 581-596 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 22 Jul 2021 |
| Event | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management - Virtual Duration: 23 May 2021 → 22 Jul 2021 Conference number: 18 https://www.drrm.fralinlifesci.vt.edu/iscram2021/index.php |
Publication series
| Name | International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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| Publisher | ISCRAM |
| ISSN (Print) | 2411-3387 |
Conference
| Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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| Abbreviated title | ISCRAM 2021 |
| Period | 23/05/21 → 22/07/21 |
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Keywords
- Systemic risk, cascading effects, vicious cycles, risk system analysis, risk mitigation
- cascading effects
- vicious cycles
- risk system analysis
- risk mitigation
