This checklist contains general recommendations to prompt review and action ahead of seasonal influenza and pandemic. Public health is the lead agency during these events; every effort should be made to remain up to date with rapidly changing local, state, and federal guidance and regulations.
This checklist provides guidance on developing or updating hospital evacuation plans, including detailed information, instructions, and procedures that can be engaged in any emergency situation necessitating either full or partial hospital evacuation, or sheltering in place.
Effective emergency management requires planning, cooperation, training and exercising with the entire community. Collaboration should start at the planning phase and continue throughout the entire Emergency Management Program development and implementation.
California’s hospitals quickly mobilize and adapt to continue providing patient care during emergencies. These resources provide essential information to support hospitals’ emergency planning and response efforts. Quick Links Search Hospital Disaster Preparedness
Hospitals are required to have an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) detailing plans for responding and recovering from hazards. The plan must include 6 critical elements within The Joint Commission’s Emergency Management Standards:
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Last year’s stay-at-home mandates, plus a need to limit the spread of COVID-19, caused many health care facilities to cancel in-person visits and procedures. The result? Telehealth visits — seeing a health care professional by phone or video conference rather than going into their office — increased by leaps and bounds.
Developed and shared by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, these clinical checklists, guides, and just-in-time references to manage a surge of pediatric patients.
All hospitals with emergency departments (EDs) are required to submit an offload time reduction protocol — regardless of whether they experience ambulance patient offload time (APOT) challenges.
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The Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services have issued a checklist of independent dispute resolution (IDR) process requirements for group health plans and group and individual health insurance issuers to help ensure compliance with the No Surprises Act (NSA) and its implementing regulations.