{"id":3768,"date":"2019-12-27T18:23:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T18:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/?p=3768"},"modified":"2023-10-27T08:46:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T13:46:25","slug":"resilience-in-healthcare-how-to-prepare-your-facility-and-reduce-risk-in-the-event-of-a-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/insights\/blog\/resilience-in-healthcare-how-to-prepare-your-facility-and-reduce-risk-in-the-event-of-a-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Resilience in Healthcare: 5 critical areas for reducing risk during a disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

First in a series of excerpts from the IMEG executive guide, \u201cThe Importance of Healthcare Resiliency: Preparing Your Hospital for a Crisis.\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

By Eric Vandenbroucke<\/span><\/p>\n

Resilience in healthcare can<\/span>\u00a0only be served if your hospital is prepared to face the worst.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>By taking proactive steps and making concrete plans to further the disaster preparedness of your healthcare facility<\/span>\u00a0or system<\/span>, you\u2019ll be better equipped to answer the call of your community during dire situations.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to being resilient to ever-more-frequent natural disasters, hospitals also <\/span>must be prepared for<\/span> other disruptions such as power outages, infrastructure failures, mass casualty events, infectious outbreaks, and cyber attacks <\/span>\u2013 all of which\u00a0<\/span>impair their ability to provide lifesaving care to their vulnerable patient population. Without a clear plan and definitive course of action in place ahead of time, your hospital could be left scrambling to recover, putting patients and staff at risk and leaving your facility liable.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With such a broad range of threats that can occur, how can you ensure your hospital is adequately prepared? Further, assuming the requirements for healthcare resiliency will continue to evolve, how can you ensure your hospital\u00a0<\/span>stays<\/span><\/i>\u00a0adequately prepared?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Answering these questions first requires an understanding of four commonly accepted characteristics of infrastructure resiliency, as defined in 2009 by the\u00a0<\/span>National Infrastructure Advisory Council<\/span><\/a>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n