Healthcare system resiliency: The case for taking disaster plans further — Part 1

Michael L. Timmins, Eric A. Bone and Michael Hiller
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Eric A. Bone: Director of Zone Operations, Emergency/Disaster Management, Alberta Health Services, Canada

Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, 2015, vol. 8, issue 3, 216-237

Abstract: To establish true healthcare resiliency, and to better position healthcare organisations to provide effective response, continuity, resumption and recovery of fundamental services and operations during serious incidents and disasters, the disaster planning process must evolve into an integrated approach of four contingency planning disciplines that holistically examine the end-to-end, all-hazard response continuum. This process also needs to incorporate and scale multifarious organisational levels and, when required, the health sector. This paper is the first component of two independent, but related, pieces. It will examine the typical state of disaster preparedness and plans in healthcare, examine the worth and value of honing disaster plans, and will introduce two recommended contingency planning disciplines: enterprise risk management and emergency response planning. For each discipline, a case will be made for its inclusion into the overall disaster planning process, including examination of background information, benefits, how it improves disaster planning, and other resources helpful to the reader. The second paper, in a future issue of the Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, will introduce business continuity management — including IT disaster recovery — and crisis communications as the third and fourth contingency planning disciplines needed for a fully integrated approach. The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and may not be entirely those of the organisation.

Keywords: business continuity management; contingency planning; crisis communications; disaster plans; disaster recovery; emergency preparedness; emergency response; enterprise risk management; incident management system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 M10 M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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