EM 260 Introduction to Healthcare Emergency Management (5 credits)
Prerequisite EM 102 or EM 105 with a grade of 2.0 or better
Course Description
Provides the groundwork on which students can build a strong foundation for healthcare related disaster and emergency management. Addresses issues, policies, questions, best practices, and lessons learned through recent years; standards on healthcare emergency management and business continuity, and exposure to new and developing theories, practices, and technology in healthcare emergency management.
Course Content
A. Introduction to Healthcare Emergency Management as a sub-discipline
B. Evolution of Guidelines and Standards (focus on the Joint Commission as an example)
C. Laws and Authorities (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid – CMS; Local State and County laws)
D. Risk Assessment in the healthcare environment
E. Business Continuity for Healthcare
F. Supply Chain and Resource Management
G. Working with Community Partners
H. How to keep all-hazards focused in healthcare emergency planning
I. Special Challenges (patient decon, patient surge, etc)
J. Equity and emergency management in the healthcare profession
Student Outcomes
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Define essential elements of an effective healthcare emergency management program.
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Define the role of CMS and other bodies of law for healthcare emergency management
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Describe the role of accreditation in healthcare emergency management
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Examine best practices for hazard identification and emergency planning for healthcare
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Describe basic components of a Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) for a hospital
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Examine the role of business continuity in healthcare and the relationship of business continuity to emergency management.
Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes:
Develop agency/organization specific tools to evaluate specific domestic security challenges for the 21st Century that face the United States and other industrialized nations.
Define the interdisciplinary nature of Homeland Security/Emergency Management functions and be able to assess and integrate various functional areas.
Apply a solid foundation of knowledge and skills to assume influence-oriented leadership roles in emergency management.
Core Ability:
Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
Potential Methods
A. Participation in Class Activities
B. Discussion Board
C. Exams and Quizzes,
D. Individual Assignments
E. Individual Projects
F. Written Paper
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