Equity and Disasters: Reframing Incident Command Systems.

The authors discuss ways in which hospitals can incorporate principles of health equity for traditionally underserved groups such as minorities and expertise as part of their Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) apparatus in order to address disaster responses to events such as the COVID-19 pande...

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Published in:American Journal of Public Health Vol. 111; no. 5; pp. 844 - 849
Main Authors: Goralnick, Eric, Serino, Richard, Clark, Cheryl R.
Format: Article
Published: American Public Health Association May2021
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          Goralnick, Eric
          Serino, Richard
          Clark, Cheryl R.
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          Department of Emergency Medicine and the Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham
          Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
          National Preparedness Leadership Initiative and the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston
          Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston
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        Health services accessibility
        Institutional racism
        COVID-19 pandemic
        Emergency management
        Hospital emergency services
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          Health services accessibility
          Institutional racism
          COVID-19 pandemic
          Emergency management
          Emergency and Other Relief Services
          Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities
          Other municipal protective services
          Other provincial protective services
          Other federal protective services
          Hospital emergency services
      ab: The authors discuss ways in which hospitals can incorporate principles of health equity for traditionally underserved groups such as minorities and expertise as part of their Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) apparatus in order to address disaster responses to events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The article also examines the effectiveness of HICS programs hiring equity officers (EOs) and health care subject matter experts to battle institutional racism in health care.
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