Refining the Hospital Incident Command System to improve Hospital Command Center management of survey activity

Authors

  • Alfred A. Villacara, DMD
  • Eliot J. Lazar, MD
  • Brian K. Regan, PhD

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.2012.0122

Keywords:

HICS, Hospital Command Center, regulatory survey

Abstract

The “Survey Command Structure” initiative refines and streamlines the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) structure to more effectively guide a hospital’s management of regulatory survey activity. This newly developed structure retains the hallmark features that make HICS effective but sees the addition of some new roles along with the editing or elimination of others. A literature review reveals no other hospitals undertaking similar initiatives to address survey management. The structure directly contributed to an outstanding result with the most recent Joint Commission survey. Hospitals should embrace this updated structure to allow for improved response to a myriad of regulatory surveys.

Author Biographies

Alfred A. Villacara, DMD

Coordinator, Emergency Preparedness, NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System, New York, New York.

Eliot J. Lazar, MD

Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer for Quality and Patient Safety, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York.

Brian K. Regan, PhD

Vice President, Quality & Patient Safety, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital & System, New York, New York

References

California Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA): Hospital Incident Command System Guidebook plus Appendences, August 2006. Available at http://www.emsa.ca.gov/HICS. Accessed February 1, 2011.

Published

03/21/2018

How to Cite

Villacara, DMD, A. A., E. J. Lazar, MD, and B. K. Regan, PhD. “Refining the Hospital Incident Command System to Improve Hospital Command Center Management of Survey Activity”. Journal of Emergency Management, vol. 10, no. 6, Mar. 2018, pp. 449-58, doi:10.5055/jem.2012.0122.