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When Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus, GA, was severely damaged by an F3 tornado, one thing administrators didn't have to worry about was keeping their web page updated with disaster information.
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Do you know the main reasons your staff would be reluctant to report to work during a pandemic? Do you know how many of your staff will come to work if a pandemic strikes your community?
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The Graham School of The University of Chicago has introduced a master's of science in threat and response management program, an interdisciplinary course of study in emergency preparedness.
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A growing number of specialists are negotiating hard for payment for taking ED calls. If you're involved in such negotiations, it helps to know what the other "side" is looking for.
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Most ED managers are prepared to respond to a disaster in their communities, but what do you do when your hospital is the disaster? An F3 tornado struck Americus, GA, after 9 p.m. on March 1, 2007, and Sumter Regional Hospital was directly in the path of harm.
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Newly published guidance from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on preparation for the possibly debilitating effects of an influenza pandemic serves as a valuable reminder to ED managers of just how vulnerable their departments could be during such an event.
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Every patient in your ED may receive the same level of care and attention, but that doesn't mean they will all perceive that care and attention with the same level of appreciation, according to a new patient satisfaction survey by South Bend, IN-based Press Ganey Associates.
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If your hospital doesn't have a palliative care program yet, it soon will, and that may mean changes in the way you triage your patients.
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By placing a pharmacist within the department to review medications being given to patients, the ED at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, CA, has achieved more than a 50% reduction in errors in six months.
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The move to abolish 10-codes from intradiscipline communications, which gained impetus in the wake of huge communication problems during 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, may just be the first step in a move by the federal government to make clearer communications possible, says Bruce Clements, MPH, director of the Missouri Center for Emergency Response and Terrorism (CERT) in Jefferson City.
