Scoping Review of Hospital Business Continuity Plans to Validate the Improvement after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Sasaki, Hiroyuki; Maruya, Hiroaki; Abe, Yoshiko; Fujita, Motoo; Furukawa, Hajime; Fuda, Mikiko; Kamei, Takashi; Yaegashi, Nobuo; Tominaga, Teiji; Egawa, Shinichi

doi:10.1620/tjem.251.147

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“…This knowledge gap was particularly highlighted after the 11 September attacks on the World Trade Center [ 17 ]. In addition to responding to rapidly increasing healthcare demands, the business continuity plan of healthcare must focus on the safety of staff and buildings, the continuous operation of critical infrastructure (such as communications, power generation, water, and sanitation services), and the maintenance of medical devices, equipment, supplies, utilities, and consumables [ 38 , 39 ]. Operational research is needed to evaluate the degree of the loss of function of healthcare systems (e.g., service delivery, financing, health workforce, and other inputs) in the event of an emergency or disaster [ 40 , 41 ], as well as the level of preparedness [ 42 ], to improve the resilience of healthcare facilities [ 43 ].…”

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Expected Scopes of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health EDRM): Report on the Expert Workshop at the Annual Conference for the Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine 2020

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The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners established the WHO Thematic Platform for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Research Network (HEALTH EDRM RN) in 2016 to respond to the increasing burden of recent health emergencies and disasters. The mission of the HEALTH EDRM RN, whose secretariat is located at the WHO Kobe Centre (WKC), is to promote global research collaboration and strengthen research activities to inform policies and programs by generating new evidence to manage health risks associated with all types of emergencies and disasters. With the strong support and involvement of all WHO regional offices, the HEALTH EDRM RN now works with more than 200 global experts and partners to pursue its mission. The first Core Group Meetings of the HEALTH EDRM RN were held on 17–18 October 2019, and concluded with the HEALTH EDRM RN-activity priorities to (1) promote operational research to better meet the needs of emergency- and disaster-exposed individuals and communities and efforts to translate science to policies and programs and (2) strengthen the research capacity of the Health EDRM community. In collaboration with the Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine, the WKC held a workshop on 21 February 2020, in which 20 Japanese experts from different research fields participated to further discuss these two points. This paper summarizes the discussion at the workshop.

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Expected Scopes of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health EDRM): Report on the Expert Workshop at the Annual Conference for the Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine 2020

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“…The Tohoku University did not lose any life of patients or staff because of the seismic resistant buildings and functional preparedness. Sasaki et al (2020) performed a scoping review of hospital business continuity plan (BCP) and described the establishment of Tohoku University Hospital BCP. There are three important subjects as the universal components for hospital BCPs with fewer assumptions of specific hazards so that the hospital can be resilient in dealing with various situations during a disaster: i) alternative methods and resources, ii) priority of operations, and iii) resource management.…”

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Progress of Disaster Medicine during Ten Years after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Egawa

2021

Tohoku J. Exp. Med.

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The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) has renewed the paradigm of disaster medicine. The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine (TJEM) widened its scope to include the disaster science from the health perspectives. TJEM has been accumulating 76 articles related with "disaster" or "pandemic" out of which 69 were published after 2011. Tohoku University established the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) that took initiative to impact the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (Sendai Framework) to include health aspect. Sendai Framework provided the platform for collaboration of different sectors, including the terminology that defines the concept of disaster, risk, hazard & exposure, vulnerability and coping capacity. Disaster medicine covers the diverse causes and damages of disasters by various hazards in this globalized and rapidly changing world. TJEM articles range the physical and mental health damage after the GEJE and other disasters with approved ethical consideration of investigations from the view point of affected area, mechanisms of hazard to affect human health including the radiation, virus or hazardous materials, proposal of refinement of health system to cope with disasters such as mental health support, risk communication, disaster medical coordination and hospital business continuity plan and future perspectives with reconstruction including Tohoku Medical Megabank Project. TJEM scope on disaster medicine had been widened during the 10 years after GEJE and IRIDeS can be the bridging hub not only between the health sector and other sectors, but also between disaster medicine and other medical disciplines.

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“…Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19), which was first identified in China in December 2019, rapidly spread to gain pandemic status [1]. In Japan, the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed on 15 January 2020 [2].…”

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The Environment Encouraging COVID-19 Response at Public Health Centers and Future Challenges in Japan

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Okuda

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered the implementation of public health measures globally. The health department of local governments has played a critical role in confronting COVID-19. In Japan, public health centers (PHCs) are focal points for COVID-19 response. Understanding the response to COVID-19 in local areas is critical to ensure adequate preparation for future emergencies. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to clarify how the COVID-19 operations by PHCs in Japan were managed and facilitated at the beginning of the infection spread, and their future challenges. We designed a case study that included two PHCs with a population of approximately 400,000 in Japan. Semi-structured focus group interviews with public health nurses from these two PHCs were conducted in September and October 2020. The data were analyzed using chronological time-series analysis. The switch to crisis response was encouraged by the business continuity plan. Their operations for the prevention of COVID-19 in the community were facilitated by the existing network. Further, strengthening the knowledge and skill regarding infectious disease control and management skills during infectious disease-related health emergencies were recommended. It is important to ensure that the environment facilitates emergency response and that people-and-community-centered health promotion activities are conducted, during an emergency situation, with more innovative action and leadership.

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Scoping Review of Hospital Business Continuity Plans to Validate the Improvement after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Cited by 14 publications

References 27 publications

Expected Scopes of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health EDRM): Report on the Expert Workshop at the Annual Conference for the Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine 2020

Expected Scopes of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health EDRM): Report on the Expert Workshop at the Annual Conference for the Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine 2020

Progress of Disaster Medicine during Ten Years after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

The Environment Encouraging COVID-19 Response at Public Health Centers and Future Challenges in Japan

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