Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-dh8gc Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-10T05:39:02.886Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Review of Hospital Preparedness Instruments for National Incident Management System Compliance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2013

J. Lee Jenkins ,
Gabor D. Kelen ,
Lauren M. Sauer ,
Kimberly A. Fredericksen  and
Melissa L. McCarthy
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

No standard exists by which to evaluate a hospital’s compliance for the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The instruments available and in use today for the evaluation of hospital preparedness have variable adherence to the principles and elements set forth in NIMS. This is especially evident in the areas of command and management and communications and information management. The use of NIMS as a standard remains itself in question because of its lack of focus on the health care environment and incomplete list of pertinent elements. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2009;3(Suppl 1):S83–S89)

Type
Concepts in Disaster Medicine
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 3 , Issue S1 , June 2009 , pp. S83 - S89
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2009

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

1.Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Health Care at the Crossroads: Strategies for Creating and Sustaining Community-wide Emergency Preparedness Systems. 2003. http://www.jointcommission.org/NR/rdonlyres/9C8DE572-5D7A-4F28-AB84-3741EC82AF98/0/emergency_preparedness.pdf. Accessed March 7, 2009.Google Scholar
2.Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21. http://www.disaster-blog.com/files/HSPD-21.pdf. Accessed April 7, 2008.Google Scholar
3.Hogan, DE, Burstein, JL.Disaster Medicine. 1st ed. New York: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2002.Google Scholar
4.Kaji, AH, Langford, V, Lewis, RJ.Assessing hospital disaster preparedness: a comparison of an on-site survey, directly observed drill performance, and video analysis of teamwork. Ann Emerg Med. 2008;52:195–201.Google Scholar
5.Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-5. Management of Domestic Incidents. February 29, 2003. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/02/20030228-9.html. Accessed May 2, 2008.Google Scholar
6.National Incident Management System. Department of Homeland Security Web site. March 1, 2004. http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/NIMS-90-web.pdf. Accessed August 4, 2008.Google Scholar
7.Bioterrorism Questionnaire. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Web site. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/cpcr/bioterr.pdf. Accessed September 25, 2007.Google Scholar
8.Hospital Preparedness. Most Urban Hospitals Have Emergency Plans but Lack Certain Capacities for Bioterrorism Response. GAO-03-924. August 2003. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03924.pdf. Accessed September 25, 2007.Google Scholar
9.American Hospital Association Chemical and Bioterrorism Preparedness Checklist. October 2001. http://www.premierinc.com/safety/topics/disaster_readiness/downloads/22_aha_prepardness_checklist.doc. Accessed March 8, 2009.Google Scholar
10.Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health From Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism. Trust for America’s Health Web site. http://healthyamericans.org/reports/bioterror07/BioTerrorReport2007.pdf. Accessed September 25, 2007.Google Scholar
11.Braun, B, Wineman, N, Finn, N, et alIntegrating hospitals into community emergency preparedness planning. Ann Emerg Med. 2006;144:799–811.Google ScholarPubMed
12.Local Public Health Preparedness and Response Capacity Inventory. A Voluntary Rapid Self-assessment. Version 1.1. December 2002. http://www.astho.org/pubs/inventorylocal.pdf. Accessed September 25, 2007.Google Scholar
13.Preparedness for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Events. Questionnaire for Healthcare Facilities. April 2007. http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/cbrne/cbrneqrespondent.pdf. Accessed September 25, 2007.Google Scholar
14.Texas Department of Health Hospital Bioterrorism Preparedness General Survey. May 2002. http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/comprep/bthosp/gentool.doc. Accessed September 25, 2007.Google Scholar
15.South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Controls Disaster Preparedness Committee. If the Wind Blows and Earth Shakes, a Disaster Planning Checklist. June 1997. Accessed September 25, 2007.Google Scholar
16.VHA Comprehensive Emergency Management Program Analysis Capabilities Description. Veterans Health Administration Web site. March 19, 2008. http://www1.va.gov/EMSHG/page.cfm?pg=133. Accessed June 10, 2008.Google Scholar
17.Mass Casualty Disaster Plan Checklist: a Template for Healthcare Facilities. Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emergency Infections (APIC). September 2001. http://www.apic.org/bioterror/checklist.doc. Accessed February 1, 2008.Google Scholar
18.The Joint Commission Hospital Accreditation Program 2009. Chapter: Emergency Management. The Joint Commission Web site. 2008. http://www.jointcommission.org/JointCommission/Templates/GeneralInformation.asp. Accessed June 10, 2008.Google Scholar
19.Emergency Preparedness Checklist: Recommended Tool for Effective Health Care Facility Planning. US Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SurveyCertEmergPrep/downloads/S&C_EPChecklist_Provider.pdf. September 2007.Google Scholar
20.Niska, RW, Burt, CW.Bioterrorism and mass casualty preparedness in hospitals: United States, 2003. Adv Data. 2005;364:1–14.Google Scholar
21.National Strategy for Homeland Security. Homeland Security Council Web site. October 2007. http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/history/gc_1193938363680.shtm. Accessed March 8, 2009.Google Scholar
22.National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction. National Security Presidential Directive 17. December 2002. http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/nspd/nspd-17.html. Accessed March 8, 2009.Google Scholar
23.Biodefense for the 21st Century. April 2004. http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/20040430.html. Accessed June 12, 2008.Google Scholar
24.The Netherlands Cancer Institute. Assessing health status and quality-of-life instruments: attributes and review criteria. Quality Life Res. 2002;11:193–205.Google Scholar