All Entries Tagged With: "96-hour provision"
Most of you are well prepared for disaster response, but there’s always the unpredictable event
I really think — this being my ever so humble opinion based on my observations — that most hospitals are adequately prepared to respond to the emergencies they have identified as being the most likely to occur.
That’s not to say there are not improvement opportunities, because there will always be [more]
The challenges that tie healthcare facilities back to 9/11
Back in 2001, I remember talking to quite a few hospital safety officers and emergency planners about the way the world had changed after 9/11. It wasn’t just the hijacked jets in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania — soon after, the nation was in the midst of anthrax attacks via the mail and there was also concern about potential smallpox bioterrorism.
Yet I re-read some of the articles I wrote at the time and was struck by [more]
Evaluating your emergency management inventory process
Joint Commission standard EM.03.01.01, EP 3 requires an annual review of your emergency management inventory process.
This is where you look back at exercises and real events and see [more]
New York Times story is a “must read” for emergency planners
The New York Times just published a sad yet enlightening account of what happened at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans in the days after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.
Many of you will remember that Memorial Medical was isolated and without power for days as employees and patients suffered through terrible conditions in the sweltering heat. Much of the story focused on allegations of clinicians euthanizing [more]
H1N1 pandemic will test your supply chains
Hi, it’s Scott Wallask. I read this passage in today’s Boston Globe about medical supplies to battle H1N1 swine flu:
Some hospitals said shelves usually brimming with surgical masks, used to slow the virus’ transmission, turned barren [more]
EOP Webcast on Tuesday at 1 p.m. Eastern
There’s still time to register for Tuesday’s Webcast, “Five Steps To Strengthen Your Emergency Operations Plan.”
The progam begins at 1 p.m. Eastern and will feature presentations by Jim Kendig, vice president of safety, security, and clinical/courier transportation at Health First in Melbourne, FL, and Chris Bellone, emergency preparedness coordinator at Rockford (IL) Health System.
I think the new couch looks best over by the wall… on second thought, maybe in front of that window…
Well, the never-ending drama of now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t in the world of strategic compliance marches on. Fortunately, my brothers and sisters in safety, the announcement of revised Joint Commission standards is virtually without impact for you (unless of course, you were otherwise occupied when these “changes” first graced our world — if you were, good on you, they’re just as meaningless as they were then).
I’ll default to my CMS logic in noting that none of the changes should have been a surprise to anyone being accredited for the purposes of bellying up to the Medicare/Medicaid bar. These were existing requirements, and, oddly enough, very much in keeping with an appropriately managed, comprehensive safety program, which I know you have because you tune into this blog on a regular basis (I certainly hope it helps, at any rate). [more]
A closer look at The Joint Commission’s 96-hour FAQ
As you may have seen, The Joint Commission released some more FAQs earlier this month. One of them deals with the 96-hour provision under EM.02.01.01, EP 3 by reiterating that The Joint Commission doesn’t expect organizations to have 96-hour capabilities for emergency response efforts.
Rather, The Joint Commission wants each organization [more]
The Joint Commission posts even more new FAQs
Hi, it’s Scott Wallask checking in quickly. I was on The Joint Commission’s Web site earlier today and saw that three new and/or revised FAQs had been posted last week dealing with [more]
Digging at the root of The Joint Commission’s 96-hour principle
Regarding the 96-hour provision in EM.02.01.01, the purpose of this whole magillah (and The Joint Commission has done an absolutely poor job of explaining this to folks) is for each organization to determine at which point they can no longer safely continue to provide care. Based on this determination, the organization can make the decision to reduce services, partially evacuate, or fully evacuate while it is still safe to do so.
The big failure mode that was identified for facilities post-Katrina [more]
