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Content DescriptionPublic health crises, such as COVID-19, natural disasters from wildfires to tornados, and human-caused emergencies, including mass shootings and cyberattacks, have been on the rise in recent years, putting health care organizations on high alert. Because of the unpredictability of emergencies, The Joint Commission champions an all-hazards approach to emergency management (EM), reflected in its requirements. Emergency Management in Health Care: All All-Hazards Approach, 5th edition, is a comprehensive, up-to-date resource to help all types of health care organizations plan for a wide range of emergencies. This new edition has been completely revised to reflect The Joint Commission’s new “Emergency Management” chapter for hospitals and critical access hospitals (effective July 1, 2022) and continues to address the EM planning needs of all health care settings. Key topics in the 5th edition: All EM standards across health care settings, with a special focus on the new EM requirements for hospitals and critical access hospitals Hazard vulnerability analysis The Emergency Operations Plan, including the six critical EM areas: communications, staff management, patient care, resources and assets, safety and security, and utilities management The four phases of EM: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery Continuity of operations plan Disaster recovery and after-action reports Staff education and training as well as emergency response exercises and drills EM program evaluation and improvement Key Features: More than 30 downloadable, customizable tools, including standards compliance checklists, sample EM policies and procedures, and worksheets and forms to use during the emergency EM resources from authoritative entities Key Audience: Health care emergency managers in all types of health care organizations Safety managers and officers Security chiefs Facilities managers Clinical and administrative leaders Staff educators Community emergency management plannersThe following editions for this book are also available...
About Joint CommissionThe mission of The Joint Commission is to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value. Its vision is that all people always experience the safest, highest quality, best-value health care across all settings. |
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