Hospital and clinic emergency preparedness optimization system
First Claim
1. A method for analyzing medical facility'"'"'s emergency preparedness, comprising the steps of:
- determining whether the medical facility has at least one procedure in an event of an emergency;
if so, developing a strategy for improvement of the at least one procedure;
in response to said determining and developing steps, providing a self-assessment tool to the medical facility for completion by the medical facility'"'"'s personnel;
said providing step further including developing the self-assessment tool based on a plurality of factors relating to operations and regulations of the medical facility and that addresses at least one area of the medical facility'"'"'s emergency preparedness;
reviewing the self-assessment tool after completion from the medical facility'"'"'s personnel and reviewing the at least one procedure;
evaluating the medical facility and the medical facility'"'"'s personnel based on said reviewing step; and
suggesting recommendations for the improvement of the at least one procedure based on said evaluating step.
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Abstract
A method for analyzing medical facility'"'"'s emergency preparedness that includes determining whether the medical facility has at least one procedure used in the event of an emergency; if so, developing a strategy for improvement of the at least one procedure; in response to the determining and developing, providing a self-assessment tool to the medical facility for completion by the medical facility'"'"'s personnel, wherein the self-assessment tool is based on a plurality of factors relating to various aspects of the medical facility and addresses at least one area of the medical facility'"'"'s emergency preparedness; reviewing the self-assessment tool after completion from the medical facility'"'"'s personnel and reviewing the at least one procedure; evaluating the medical facility and the medical facility'"'"'s personnel based on the reviewing; and suggesting recommendations for the improvement of the at least one procedure based on the evaluating.
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48 Claims
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1. A method for analyzing medical facility'"'"'s emergency preparedness, comprising the steps of:
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determining whether the medical facility has at least one procedure in an event of an emergency;
if so, developing a strategy for improvement of the at least one procedure;
in response to said determining and developing steps, providing a self-assessment tool to the medical facility for completion by the medical facility'"'"'s personnel;
said providing step further including developing the self-assessment tool based on a plurality of factors relating to operations and regulations of the medical facility and that addresses at least one area of the medical facility'"'"'s emergency preparedness;
reviewing the self-assessment tool after completion from the medical facility'"'"'s personnel and reviewing the at least one procedure;
evaluating the medical facility and the medical facility'"'"'s personnel based on said reviewing step; and
suggesting recommendations for the improvement of the at least one procedure based on said evaluating step. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for analyzing medical facility'"'"'s emergency preparedness, comprising:
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a medical facility'"'"'s emergency preparedness sub-system;
wherein said emergency preparedness sub-system is configured to respond to an emergency based on at least one emergency preparedness procedure;
a strategic development unit configured to improve said at least one emergency preparedness procedure;
wherein said strategic development unit is further configured to conduct a preliminary analysis of the medical facility and said at least one emergency preparedness procedure;
a self-assessment tool configured to assist said strategic development unit in analyzing the medical facility;
wherein said self-assessment tool is further configured to be completed by the medical facility'"'"'s personnel and developed based on a plurality of factors relating to operations and regulations of the medical facility and addresses at least one area of the medical facility'"'"'s emergency preparedness;
wherein said strategic development unit reviews and evaluates said completed self-assessment tool received from the medical facility'"'"'s personnel and said at least one emergency preparedness procedure. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method to evaluate emergency preparedness of a facility, comprising:
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based on a schedule, visiting the facility with a team and making observations;
preparing a self-assessment tool based on the observations and forwarding same to appropriate personnel at the facility to complete;
requesting the facility to identify primary points of contact to negotiate scheduling of interviews with personnel of the facility during a further visit to the facility;
conducting the further visit to the facility with a multi-disciplinary team of experts that includes at least one experienced individual having specific qualifications for various aspects of emergency preparedness and planning procedures;
the further visit including conducting of the scheduled interviews, reviewing information from the facility, examining physical structures at the facility; and
having the multi-disciplinary team of experts identify areas of strength and vulnerability within the facility based on their visiting of the facility, their review of the self-assessment tool after completion by the appropriate personnel at the facility; and
their review of information on emergency planning and procedures from the facility. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A product useful to evaluate emergency preparedness of a facility, comprising:
an analysis tool for ambulatory care having queries to prompt responses with respect to facility profile, critical preparedness and facility readiness. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A product useful to evaluate emergency preparedness of a facility, comprising:
an analysis tool for a hospital facility having queries to prompt responses with respect to facility profile, critical preparedness and facility readiness. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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