Challenges Within Healthcare Emergency Management Discussion Question

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Questions:

- Comment on one of the key findings described in the Toner et al document.

- Identify other funding sources for your hospital emergency management projects.


Introduction:

Nothing gets done until someone approves an expenditure and writes the check. Emergency management in any hospital is expensive. While some of those expenses must be borne directly by the facility, there are resources that can help - mostly from the feds. This week we will look at some of the grant money that is up for grabs and how to get our share.

Objectives:

  • Indentify funding challenges within healthcare emergency management.
  • Describe funding resources available for the healthcare emergency management mission.
  • Review the grant language for the hospital preparedness program.


Reference to appropriate authoritative resources and official websites. Must be accessible online. Use New Times Roman 12 font with 1” margins and APA style. The answer should be at least 400 words.


The required readings:

- Toner E, Waldhorn R, Franco C, Courtney B, Rambhia K, Norwood A, Inglesby TV, O’Toole T. (2009). Hospitals rising to the challenge: The first five years of the U.S. hospital preparedness program and priorities going forward Prepared by the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under Contract No. HHSO100200700038C.

- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response: Strategic Plan 2010 - 2015.

- Review www.phe.gov/about/pages/default.aspx

Attached is an example of a classmate work, but do your original work.

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Comment on one of the key findings described in the Toner et al. document. One of my biggest takeaways this semester has been the importance of networking and developing relationships working in emergency management. I chose to focus on the second key finding in the Toner et al (2009) document, “The Emergence of Healthcare Coalitions Is Creating a Foundation for U.S. Healthcare Preparedness”, in which they identified community-based collaboration among institutions and agencies in the healthcare sector as essential to preparedness for a mass casualty event. Prior to the Hospital Preparedness Program development in 2002, there was very little preparedness collaboration between hospitals, public health, and other response agencies. Post-2002, HPP and Joint Commission requirements and guidance has led to the creation of coalitions of healthcare institutions and emergency response agencies that now work together to plan for and respond to emergency events. The result of these coalitions has been one on one relationship development, joint planning, increased lines of communication, increased situational awareness, increased resource capacities regarding personnel, supplies, and equipment due to mutual aid agreements and joint purchasing. It seems that a more collaborative environment has evolved from what used to a more competitive environment that was less inclined to work together and share information or resources. Identify other funding sources for your hospital emergency management projects. 1. 2. 3. Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS): Homeland Security Grant Program that provides funding to local or sub-State regional jurisdictions to support and enhance the integration of local emergency management, health, and medical systems into a coordinated, sustained local capability to respond effectively to a mass casualty incident. Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative Agreement: a program that provides assistance to public health departments to help develop the capacity and capability to be “emergency ready” for a variety of hazards, such as pandemic influenza and anthrax. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: provides assistance in basic and applied research, which supports the development of medical countermeasures. Achieving higher levels of preparedness will require a combined commitment of the hospital industry, public and private payers, and federal, state, and local governments. Additional funding sources/ideas: • • • • Competitive grants to local organizations funded through a combination of federal, state, private, and philanthropic sources. Scarce state funds to crisis care programs Taxes, higher healthcare costs Mobile hospitals (lower cost due to zero operation between disasters, expands capacity) De Lorenzo, R. (2007). Financing Hospital Disaster Preparedness. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 22(5), 436-439. doi:10.1017/S1049023X00005173 Toner E, Waldhorn R, Franco C, Courtney B, Rambhia K, Norwood A, Inglesby TV, O’Toole T. (2009). Hospitals Rising to the Challenge: The First Five Years of the U.S. Hospital Preparedness Program and Priorities Going Forward. Prepared by the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under Contract No. HHSO100200700038C. Toner E. (2017). Healthcare Preparedness: Saving Lives. Health security, 15(1), 8–11. doi:10.1089/hs.2016.0090 Watson, C. R., Watson, M., & Sell, T. K. (2017). Public Health Preparedness Funding: Key Programs and Trends From 2001 to 2017. American journal of public health, 107(S2), S165–S167. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.303963
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Comment on one of the key findings described in the Toner et al. document.
My most focus this semester is the individual preparedness of the hospital regarding

emergencies. I choose to focus on the first critical findings in Toner document "disaster
preparedness of individual hospitals has improved significantly throughout the country since the
start of HPP" (Toner et al., 2009). In this finding, individual hospitals in the US increased
emergency preparedness by engaging top leaders such as CEO in planning for disaster
preparedness and response, establis...


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