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Risk             Description       Likelihood    Potential            Mitigation Approach
                                                    of Risk     Impact
                                                                           Physicians who practice within the new
                                                                           network will maintain their ability to refer
                                                                           patients to other sites outside the
                                                                           network.
           Location of    The network has three   Low         Low          All three organizations are committed to
           Services       sites in three distinct                          maintaining each site specific location and
                          communities that                                 services that meet the needs of the
                          require access to care.                          communities they serve.
           Community      Citizens within the local   Low     High         As part of Phase 2, there will be
           Response       communities may be                               community and stakeholder engagement
                          concerned about loss of                          about the proposed integration.
                          service
           Human Resources
           Organizational  During the transition   Medium     Medium       Communications, change management
           Stability and   and in times of                                 and human resources integration plans
           Talent         uncertainty, each site                           will be developed and related tactics are
           Retention      may see employees seek                           underway to ensure staff and physicians
                          employment at other                              are engaged in the transition process and
                          organizations.                                   talent is retained during the integration.
           Organizational  Each site has its own   Medium     Medium       All three organizations share a common
           Cultures       unique culture.                                  vision for the integration and many shared
                                                                           values.

                                                                           A cultural assessment will be undertaken
                                                                           to identify strengths across all sites and
                                                                           commonalities that will inform change
                                                                           management and HR transition planning.
           Labour         Each organization       Medium      Medium       The organization will convene discussions
           Relations      maintains relationships                          with union leaders on key transitions and
                          with different unions.                           HR issues.

                                                                           Furthermore, when an integration results
                                                                           in members of different unions being
                                                                           combined into a single bargaining unit, the
                                                                           Public Sector Labour Relations Transitions
                                                                           Act regulates the process for any labour or
                                                                           collective agreement transitions.
           Integration    During the transition,   Medium     Medium       A transition team will manage capacity.
           implementat-   there may be extra work                          By overseeing the development of
           ion period     required of leaders in                           standardized administrative and
                          terms of the transition                          governance functions to ensure the
                          to the new network and                           alignment of policies and procedures
                          regular operational                              across the new network.
                          requirements.
           Finance



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