The Joint Commission and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
require health care entities maintain “all-hazard” emergency
preparedness and response capability and capacity. Leveraging
virtual reality (VR) as a training modality for emergency
management training holds great promise as an effective,
realistic, immersive, and scalable healthcare training strategy.
This session discussed adult learning theory, emergency
management training challenges and strategies, and how the use of
VR for emergency management training provides an effective,
efficient, realistic, and scalable alternative to traditional
training methods
This presentation provides information about the new and revised
Emergency Management chapter standards and elements of
performance (EPs) and provide recommendations for implementing
the new and revised standards/Eps as well as understand the new
survey process . It is specifically for Joint Commission
Accredited Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals. At the
conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to:
Describe new and revised Emergency Management chapter
standards for HAP/CAH Accreditation Programs
Discuss and understand the new Survey Process
Identify Emergency management available chapter resources
The public information officer (PIO) is a vital part of the
incident command team, charged with delivering accurate
information to the right people at the right time. This session
will review the role of the PIO and present attendees with
strategies for utilizing social media for emergency
communications.
Presenter:
Valerie Lakey, Executive Director,
Mayers Memorial Hospital District
On April 26, 2017, the Forum on Medical and Public Health
Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies convened a workshop
during a 4-hour session of the 2017 Preparedness Summit.1
Participants discussed potential characteristics of society
in the year 2042 and the key resources, tools, and opportunities
necessary to support the development of a robust, scalable,
and regularly engaged disaster health volunteer workforce
prepared for such a future.
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On January 11, 2017 ASPR TRACIE hosted a webinar on the
newly-released 2017-2022 Health Care Preparedness and Response
Capabilities. The webinar is archived and available for viewing
on the ASPR TRACIE
website.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
leads the country in preparing for, responding to, and recovering
from the adverse health effects of emergencies and disasters.
This is accomplished by supporting the nation’s ability to
withstand adversity, strengthening health and emergency response
systems, and enhancing national health security. ASPR’s Hospital
Preparedness Program (HPP) enables the health care delivery
system to save lives during emergencies and disaster events that
exceed the day-to-day capacity and capability of existing health
and emergency response systems. HPP is the only source of federal
funding for health care delivery system readiness, intended to
improve patient outcomes, minimize the need for federal and
supplemental state resources during emergencies, and enable rapid
recovery. HPP prepares the health care delivery system to save
lives through the development of health care coalitions (HCCs)
that incentivize diverse and often competitive health care
organizations with differing priorities and objectives to work
together.
ASPR developed the
2017-2022 Health Care Preparedness and Response Capabilities
guidance to describe what the health care delivery system,
including HCCs, hospitals, and emergency medical services (EMS),
have to do to effectively prepare for and respond to emergencies
that impact the public’s health. Each jurisdiction, including
emergency management organizations and public health agencies,
provides key support to the health care delivery system.
This core competencies list provides the disaster preparedness
and response knowledge, skills and abilities needed by relevant
types of hospital personnel given the current state of the art of
CBRNE hazards and healthcare system vulnerabilities.
Applying these competencies will assist hospitals in the
development, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of
disaster preparedness and response training programs.