Emergency Management
Emergency Management Leader
Overview
Two EM Chapters
Until further notice, there will be two distinct emergency management chapters. For Hospitals (HAP), Critical Access Hospitals (CAH), Home Care (OME), Ambulatory Care (AHC), Nursing Care Centers (NCC), and Laboratory (LAB) those programs will follow the new EM chapter standards and elements of performance that begin with EM.09.01.01-EM.17.01.01. For all other Joint Commission accredited organizations, please continue to follow the current EM standards, EM.01.01.01-EM.04.01.01.
A new emergency management reference guide has been developed for HAP/CAH, OME, AHC, NCC, and LAB programs to assist cross-referencing the new/revised EM chapter standards to the current/old EM chapter standards. To download a copy, please select the appropriate program below
EM Standards
The emergency management chapter standards and elements of performance are intended to help organizations prepare for “all-hazard” emergencies. The concept of emergency preparedness is defined as “a continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective active in an effort to ensure effective coordination during incident response” (National Incident Management System). The development of emergency management chapter standards follows the four phases of EM:
- Preparedness
- Response
- Recovery
- Mitigation
Disclaimer
Standard FAQs
CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule (SOM Appendix Z)
Disaster Planning
- Healthcare Preparedness on Saving Lives
- Plan Ahead for Disasters on Ready.gov
- Hospital Preparedness Program
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
1135 waivers
Public Health Emergencies
NFPA 1600 (2013 ed)
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Patient Safety Topics
- Emergency Management
- Workforce Safety and Well-Being
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Infection Prevention and Control
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Toolkit and Monograph
- Ambulatory Health Care Infection Prevention and Control
- Antibiotic Stewardship
- Behavioral Health Care Infection Prevention and Control
- Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
- Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
- Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections
- Critical Access Hospital Infection Prevention and Control
- Dental
- Disinfection and Sterilization
- General Infection Prevention and Control
- Guidelines
- Hand Hygiene
- High Reliability and Infection Prevention
- Home Care Infection Prevention and Control
- Hospital Infection Prevention and Control
- Infection Prevention and Control Hierarchy
- Infection Prevention and Control Safety Alerts
- Infectious Disease Outbreaks and Response
- Influenza and Other Related Diseases
- Laboratory Infection Prevention and Control
- Legionnaires' Disease
- Multidrug-Resistant Organisms
- Nursing Care Center Infection Prevention and Control
- Respiratory Protection
- Sepsis
- Surgical Site Infections
- Vaccination
- Report a Patient Safety Concern or Complaint
- Suicide Prevention
- Zero Harm