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The Role of Hospital Medicine in Emergency Preparedness: A Framework for Hospitalist Leadership in Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Author(s) -
Persoff Jason,
Ornoff Doug,
Little Charles
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of hospital medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.128
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1553-5606
pISSN - 1553-5592
DOI - 10.12788/jhm.3073
Subject(s) - medicine , preparedness , emergency management , mass casualty incident , medical emergency , surge capacity , disaster response , disaster planning , hospital medicine , health care , disaster medicine , rapid response team , disaster preparedness , patient safety , poison control , suicide prevention , covid-19 , family medicine , disease , pathology , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , economics , economic growth
Recent high‐profile mass casualty events illustrate the unique challenges that such occurrences pose to normal hospital operations. These events create patient surges that overwhelm hospital resources, space, and staff. However, in most healthcare systems, hospitalists currently show no integration within emergency planning or incident response. This review aims to provide hospitalists with an overview of disaster management principles so that they can engage their hospitals' disaster management system with a working fluency in emergency management and the incident command system. This review also proposes a framework for hospitalist involvement in preparation, response, and coordination during periods of crisis.