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Concepts in Disaster Medicine

Review of Hospital Preparedness Instruments for National Incident Management System Compliance

J. Lee Jenkins, MD, MSc, Gabor D. Kelen, MD, Lauren M. Sauer, BA, Kimberly A. Fredericksen, MD and Melissa L. McCarthy, ScD

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr J. Lee Jenkins, Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5801 Smith Ave, Suite 3220, Davis Building, Baltimore, MD 21209 (e-mail: jjenki36{at}jhmi.edu).

No standard exists by which to evaluate a hospital’s compliance for the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The instruments available and in use today for the evaluation of hospital preparedness have variable adherence to the principles and elements set forth in NIMS. This is especially evident in the areas of command and management and communications and information management. The use of NIMS as a standard remains itself in question because of its lack of focus on the health care environment and incomplete list of pertinent elements.




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M. L. McCarthy, P. Brewster, E. B. Hsu, A. G. Macintyre, and G. D. Kelen
Consensus and tools needed to measure health care emergency management capabilities.
Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness, June 1, 2009; 3(2 Suppl): S45 - S51.
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