Benefits of a continuity of operations program
Hospital Safety Insider, September 11, 2014
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Hospital Safety Insider!
Integrating a continuity of operations (COOP) program into a healthcare environment can overwhelm the most experienced manager. Few healthcare-specific COOP resources are readily available to assist healthcare facilities with integrating COOP into daily operations. Children's Hospital Colorado conducted extensive research into COOP and customized a program tailored to its needs. The program takes advantage of internal processes and the expertise of its managers, allowing COOP integration to the modality level.
Where many healthcare institutions have opted to create one COOP plan, Children's Colorado is creating multiple COOP plans tailored to the operational needs of the department. The approach provides Children's Colorado with an operational advantage by reducing organizational risk and improved efficiency.
This is an excerpt from a guest column in the September issue of Briefings on Hospital Safety. Visit here to log in or subscribe.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Hospital Safety Insider!
Related Products
-
Hospital Safety Center
Improve compliance with hospital safety standards from The Joint Commission, OSHA, and other regulators with this...
-
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance
Created exclusively for healthcare facility managers, plant operations professionals, and directors of engineering, this...
-
Hospital Safety Insider
Stay on top of hospital safety requirements and best practices with our free, fast-paced weekly update.
-
Basic OSHA Compliance Manual Kit
Total compliance has never been easier. This one convenient package contains everything you need to ensure your outpatient...
-
Basic Dental OSHA Compliance Manual Kit
Total compliance has never been easier. This one convenient package contains everything you need to ensure your dental...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Don't forget the three checks in medication administration
- Note similarities and differences between HCPCS, CPT® codes
- The consequences of an incomplete medical record
- Complications from immobility by body system
- Practice the six rights of medication administration
- Skills of effective case managers
- Q&A: Primary, principal, and secondary diagnoses
- Neurological checks for head injuries
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- Coding Clinic reiterates guidelines for provider documentation
- E-mailed
-
- What are some ways to effectively communicate research findings to the rest of my facility so I can make needed changes in our clinical practice?
- Tip of the week: Three ways nursing homes solved their staffing problems
- The consequences of an incomplete medical record
- Severity of illness: What is it all about and what does it mean for physician profiles, public perception?
- Q&A: Emergency room documentation and radiology reports
- Know the medical gas cylinder storage requirements
- HIM, CDI programs require 'TEAM' effort
- Correctly bill ancillary bedside procedures in addition to the room rate
- Searched
