Emergency management capabilities of interdependent systems: framework for analysis

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariachiara Piraina ◽  
Paolo Trucco
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Management Capabilities ◽  
Systems Framework

Developing Valid Measures of Emergency Management Capabilities within US Department of Veterans Affairs Hospitals

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 475-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aram Dobalian ◽  
Judith A. Stein ◽  
Tiffany A. Radcliff ◽  
Deborah Riopelle ◽  
Pete Brewster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase I ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Phase Ii ◽  
Veterans Affairs ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Department Of Veterans Affairs ◽  
Fit Statistics ◽  
Veterans Affairs Hospitals ◽  
Hospital Preparedness ◽  
Management Capabilities

AbstractIntroductionHospitals play a critical role in providing health care in the aftermath of disasters and emergencies. Nonetheless, while multiple tools exist to assess hospital disaster preparedness, existing instruments have not been tested adequately for validity.Hypothesis/ProblemThis study reports on the development of a preparedness assessment tool for hospitals that are part of the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA; Washington, DC USA).MethodsThe authors evaluated hospital preparedness in six “Mission Areas” (MAs: Program Management; Incident Management; Safety and Security; Resiliency and Continuity; Medical Surge; and Support to External Requirements), each composed of various observable hospital preparedness capabilities, among 140 VA Medical Centers (VAMCs). This paper reports on two successive assessments (Phase I and Phase II) to assess the MAs’ construct validity, or the degree to which component capabilities relate to one another to represent the associated domain successfully. This report describes a two-stage confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of candidate items for a comprehensive survey implemented to assess emergency preparedness in a hospital setting.ResultsThe individual CFAs by MA received acceptable fit statistics with some exceptions. Some individual items did not have adequate factor loadings within their hypothesized factor (or MA) and were dropped from the analyses in order to obtain acceptable fit statistics. The Phase II modified tool was better able to assess the pre-determined MAs. For each MA, except for Resiliency and Continuity (MA 4), the CFA confirmed one latent variable. In Phase I, two sub-scales (seven and nine items in each respective sub-scale) and in Phase II, three sub-scales (eight, four, and eight items in each respective sub-scale) were confirmed for MA 4. The MA 4 capabilities comprise multiple sub-domains, and future assessment protocols should consider re-classifying MA 4 into three distinct MAs.ConclusionThe assessments provide a comprehensive and consistent, but flexible, approach for ascertaining health system preparedness. This approach can provide an organization with a clear understanding of areas for improvement and could be adapted into a standard for hospital readiness.DobalianA, SteinJA, RadcliffTA, RiopelleD, BrewsterP, HagigiF, Der-MartirosianC. Developing valid measures of emergency management capabilities within US Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016;31(5):475–484.

scholarly journals Analysis on Path for Energy Companies to Improve Their Crisis and Emergency Management Capabilities

2021 ◽  
Vol 245 ◽  
pp. 01024
Author(s):  
Caihua Zhang ◽  
Xiling Wu ◽  
Tingran Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Development Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
National Welfare ◽  
Energy Companies ◽  
Management Capabilities

Energy is a national strategic resource affecting national welfare and people's livelihood, which also determines the social attributes of the energy industry. Thai it, its development affects both the economic development level and social security and stability. This paper will discuss how to effectively improve the crisis and emergency management capabilities of energy companies. First, it analyzes how energy companies build the modern integrated emergency response platform by adopting advanced information technologies; based on which, it will analyze the path for energy companies to improve their crisis and emergency management capabilities from company and government perspectives.

Manage Everything or Anything? Possible Ways Towards Generic Emergency Management Capabilities

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Borell ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
High Reliability Organizations ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
Resilience Engineering ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
Semantic Hierarchies ◽  
High Level ◽  
Management Capabilities

This paper explores two approaches to information processing and learning in societal safety efforts: (1) stressing specifics and (2) aiming at generalities. It discusses how the two approaches are related to each other and to high-level efforts to achieve societal safety. As background, this paper briefly explores the concept of generic capability – what is it? How is it to be understood? How can it be developed? – and relates it to the interplay between specifics and generalities. The paper gives examples of the factors that may contribute to generic capabilities represented in literature related to safety and emergency management. Examples from continuity management, resilience engineering and high reliability organizations are given and discussed concerning their focus on specifics and/or generalities. The paper also discusses scenario-based learning and the perspective of semantic hierarchies, which explains how a move to more abstract concepts, encompassing the main meaning of more concrete instances, may support the development of generic capability. It ends with a summary and suggestions for practice and the need for further research.

scholarly journals Research on the Supply Chain Performance Evaluation Mechanism Based on Emergencies

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Wenxue Ran ◽  
Yimin Hu ◽  
Huasen Fu
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Profit Status ◽  
Evaluation Mechanism ◽  
Management Capabilities ◽  
Future Growth

Some emergencies have produced enormous changes in market demand in recent years as the economy has progressed. The supply chain’s capacity to adapt to this market demand has a substantial impact on the company’s future growth. As the frequency of emergencies rises, emergency management is becoming increasingly critical for enterprises. This article examines the responsiveness and profit status of the supply chain under the three conditions of total complete information symmetry, incomplete information symmetry, and information asymmetry based on the information sharing degree of supply chain firms. The research offers a novel approach to emergency management. It makes recommendations for how the company may share information to improve its emergency management capabilities. Finally, the feasibility of the model is verified and analyzed by a case.

Major Influences on Hospital Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (S1) ◽  
pp. S68-S73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren M. Sauer ◽  
Melissa L. McCarthy ◽  
Ann Knebel ◽  
Peter Brewster
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Community Integration ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Community Response ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Medical Response ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Government ◽  
Management Capabilities

ABSTRACTThe role of hospitals in the community response to disasters has received increased attention, particularly since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Hospitals must be prepared to respond to and recover from all-hazards emergencies and disasters. There have been several initiatives to guide hospitals’ role in these events and to assist hospitals in their effort to prepare for them. This article focuses on the efforts of 4 distinct groups: The Joint Commission (TJC), the executive branch of the US government, the US Congress, and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Despite the different approach each group uses to assist hospitals to improve their emergency management capabilities, the initiatives reinforce one another and have resulted in increased efforts by hospitals to improve their disaster preparedness and response capabilities and community integration. The continued progress of our medical response system in all-hazard emergencies and disasters depends in large part on the future guidance and support of these 4 key institutions. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2009;3(Suppl 1):S68–S73)

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