Chief Healthcare Executive: “From hurricanes to wildfires, hospitals must plan for climate disasters”
The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Alert, “Environmental disasters: Preparing to safely evacuate or shelter in place,” which published in November 2024, is the topic of a recent article in Chief Healthcare Executive®. In the article, The Joint Commission’s Elizabeth Mort, MD, MPH, vice president and chief medical officer, and Kevin Zacharyasz, director of Healthcare Sustainability, talk about preparing for disasters and the ways hospital leaders must think differently.
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