ABSTRACT
The new CMS Final Rule on Emer- gency Preparedness will be a major change for hospitals and many other types of healthcare providers, the authors claim. One of the most im- portant changes for hospitals will be the requirement to do the Security Risk Assessments and matching Emergency Plans for each separate facility, every year, instead of only doing a consolidated risk assess- ment on all facilities in one report. Failure to comply could have a major and disastrous economic im- pact on a hospital or other health care facility. In this article they pro- vide information and access to re- sources for complying.
Subject(s)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. , Civil Defense/organization & administration , Disaster Planning/organization & administration , Health Facilities/legislation & jurisprudence , Health Facility Administration/legislation & jurisprudence , Civil Defense/legislation & jurisprudence , Disaster Planning/legislation & jurisprudence , Humans , Risk Assessment , United StatesABSTRACT
With a growing number of healthcare security requirements from states as well as regulators like FEMA, CMS, and DHS, the need to conduct comprehensive Security Risk Assessments has become essential, according to the author. In this article, she provides the basic elements of such assessments as well as guidance on how to apply them to a facility report and how to present the report to management.
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Health Facilities , Risk Assessment/organization & administration , Security Measures , Violence/prevention & controlABSTRACT
The authors stress the need for keeping guns out of hospitals and their belief that healthcare security directors should take the lead in the battle for "gun control." They also present the responses, pro and con, to a blog advocating this belief from hospital security professionals.
