and do the identified in risk to be tied to specific following: assessment risks (3). Address facility New requirement: Resident risk assessment will be done on your typical population –specific population Resident specific and must address the unique needs they would have in an emergency – including persons- and service specific at-risk, types of risks. Business Continuity Plan template service provided in an emergency, Continuity of continuity of operations with operations, succession planning delegation of authority, succession plans (4.) Include process New requirement: Develop a method to document the contact and participation with local for ensuring state prep officials. cooperation and officials process for Could be a letter, a signature on your plan, and agenda and attendance – collaboration with ensuring sheet from meetings attended with them local, tribal, cooperation/collabor regional, state or ation Local Healthcare Coalitions are convened in most counties for the fed emergency prep purposes of integrated planning. Ask your local or state emergency officials to Integrated response officials or possibly the health and safety officer of the local hospital how maintain an to find out more about the local coalition integrated response communication Need to add a 24/7 contact for emergencies in addition to 911. Also during disaster or channels/contacts for emergency, during event consider alternate method of contact if phones are out including documentation of participation in the LTC facility’s planning efforts to contact such officials and
and do the following: identified in risk assessment to be tied to specific risks (3). Address facility population including persons- at-risk, types of service provided in an emergency, continuity of operations, delegation of authority, succession plans New requirement: Resident – specific and service specific risks. Continuity of operations with succession planning Resident –specific risk assessment will be done on your typical population and must address the unique needs they would have in an emergency Business Continuity Plan template (4.) Include process for ensuring cooperation and collaboration with local, tribal, regional, state or fed emergency prep officials to maintain an integrated response during disaster or emergency, including documentation of the LTC facility’s efforts to contact such officials and New requirement: state prep officials – process for ensuring cooperation/collabor ation Integrated response communication channels/contacts for during event participation in planning Develop a method to document the contact and participation with local officials. Could be a letter, a signature on your plan, and agenda and attendance sheet from meetings attended with them Local Healthcare Coalitions are convened in most counties for the purposes of integrated planning. Ask your local or state emergency officials or possibly the health and safety officer of the local hospital how to find out more about the local coalition Need to add a 24/7 contact for emergencies in addition to 911. Also consider alternate method of contact if phones are out
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