EM 260 Introduction to Healthcare Emergency Management (5 credits)
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
Introduction to Healthcare Emergency Management as a sub-discipline Evolution of Guidelines and Standards (focus on the Joint Commission as an example) Laws and Authorities (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid – CMS; Local State and County laws) Risk Assessment in the healthcare environment Business Continuity for Healthcare Supply Chain and Resource Management Working with Community Partners How to keep all-hazards focused in healthcare emergency planning Special Challenges (patient decon, patient surge, etc) 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 Literacy: Graduates will be critical users, creators, and disseminators of information by examining how information is created, valued, and influenced by power and privilege.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
Potential Methods
Participation in Class Activities Discussion Board Exams and Quizzes Individual Assignments Individual Projects Written Paper
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