Presenters: Angela Murray MSN, RN, Christopher Sonne and Anjanette Hebert

Time: 9:00am PT, 10:00am MT, 11:00am CT, 12:00pm ET, 4:00pm GMT

The Joint Commission undertook a thorough analysis and rewrite of its Emergency Management chapter. The premise of the rewrite was to aid hospitals and critical access hospitals in developing a more comprehensive emergency management program and be better prepared for emergencies or disaster incidents (such as that faced during the COVID-19 pandemic) to meet the health, safety, and security needs of their facilities, staff, patient populations, and communities served.  This program will provide an overview of those new and improved changes.

1. Discuss the EM project work.
2. Explain the new EM chapter outline and numbering system.
3. Discuss new sections of the EM chapter.
4. Review of applications for the new standards.