Healthcare
Healthcare Emergency Management
Hospitals, long-term care and outpatient providers carry the same emergency management obligations as any public agency, and they answer to surveyors as well as patients. ERGSS builds programs that hold up during an event and during survey.
Survey-ready programs
The Joint Commission's Emergency Management standards and the CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule expect a documented all-hazards risk assessment, an emergency operations plan, supporting policies and procedures, a communications plan, a training program and regularly evaluated exercises. ERGSS builds and documents each element, then helps your team keep it current so the next survey is a review of work already done.
What we deliver
Hazard vulnerability analysis
Facility and community HVAs, gap analysis against current standards, and a prioritized improvement plan.
EOPs, annexes and COOP
Emergency operations plans, hazard-specific annexes and continuity plans written for the way your facility actually runs.
HICS training
Hospital Incident Command System training from all-staff orientation through command staff and section chiefs.
Hospital command center
Command center design, activation procedures, job action sheets and coaching for leaders during real activations.
Exercises
HSEEP-consistent tabletop, functional and full-scale exercises, including required annual exercises, with after-action reports and improvement plans.
Surge, evacuation and shelter in place
Patient surge, decompression, evacuation and shelter-in-place plans, including transport and receiving-facility agreements.
Utilities and emergency power
Utility failure, emergency power and water planning, with procedures staff can follow at 3 a.m.
Coalition and county coordination
Integration with healthcare coalitions, county emergency management and public health so your plan connects to theirs.
Long-term care and assisted living
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities face annual plan reviews, and in many states a county-approved comprehensive emergency management plan is a condition of licensure. ERGSS writes and updates these plans to county criteria, answers review comments quickly, and runs the evacuation and sheltering exercises that make them credible.
- Comprehensive emergency management plans written to county review criteria
- Correction of deficiency or comment letters, typically within 30 days
- Emergency power, resident transport and receiving-facility planning
- Staff training and annual exercises with documentation for surveyors
Who does the work
Healthcare engagements are led by our Director of Public Health and Healthcare, with medical direction from an emergency physician and support from an HSEEP-trained cadre of planners and exercise designers who have worked inside hospitals, public health departments and emergency operations centers.
Survey coming up, or a plan that needs work?
Call (202) 978-2666 or email info@ergss.com. We will review what you have and tell you what it needs.