Disaster Management

The Joint Commission Standard EC.4.11 Element of

Performance 4, implemented in 2008, states:

When developing its emergency operations plan, the

[organization] communicates its needs and vulnerabilities

to community emergency response agencies and identifies the

capabilities of its community in meeting their needs.

Let's say your hospital needs resources to put this communication plan in place. However, your hospital is among the half of U.S. hospitals currently losing money. What about applying for grant funding? You may need to write the grant proposal in collaboration with local response agencies, such as the fire and police departments, but the Joint Commission expects you to collaborate with these agencies, anyway.

We can talk more about writing grant proposals, or business plans. I'm interested in your comments and feedback!