Fall On Me: Keeping Emergency Management Changes in Perspective
Hospital Safety Insider, October 4, 2017
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As I was ruminating on a topic for this week’s conversation, the October issue of Perspectives came zipping over the electronic transom, and I think there is just enough stuff here to cobble together a relatively cogent offering to you all out there in the blogosphere (that’s right—after 10+ years, I’m working on cogency—who’d a thunk…)
First up is the announcement of proposed changes to the Emergency Management chapter (I say proposed, because the indication is that these changes still require approval by CMS) with an intended survey implementation date of November 15, 2017 (when the Emergency Management final rule takes full effect). From my experiences with folks, I still don’t think they’re barking up a tree for which we cannot (collectively) provide a reasonable response, but if... (Continue reading on Mac's Safety Space...)
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