Three leaders from the region recently wrote an article about their emergency response practices for Harvard Business Review. The article was written by Tom Hanenburg, COO; Shakiara Kitchen, regional emergency management – practice specialist; and Suzy Fitzgerald, MD, regional emergency management training director.
Four keys to their success:
- Create a centralized, regional command center with telecommunications and IT equipment to constantly surveil area hospitals’ operations during emergency.
- Open the command center before the threat becomes an emergency.
- Proactively assess patient capacity at unaffected hospitals and plan transportation resources.
- Do as much as possible ahead of a full patient evacuation.
Read the full column here.
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