HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has published an
emergency-preparedness pocket guide that provides resources to help hospitals design, conduct and evaluate their own emergency-preparedness exercises, with the aim of improving response capabilities.
“This guide is a single point of reference to help hospital preparedness-exercise coordinators meet the many requirements, rules and regulations—both federal and accreditation-related—pertaining to the planning, conduct and evaluation of hospital emergency preparedness exercises,” said Nathaniel Hupert, an associate professor of public health at Weil Cornell Medical College and leader of the research team that compiled the guide, in a news release.
Development of the emergency-preparedness guide was funded by HHS’ Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response office. The guide is the result of two years of work conducted by the Weil Cornell research team. The group evaluated more than 400 preparedness exercise documents and compiled the multiple requirements for hospital emergency exercises into a quick-reference guide. The guide also contains a searchable atlas of resources and tools.
