Conceptual Framework for Understanding Incident Management Systems During Public Health Emergencies

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• Alternative Title:
  Disaster Med Public Health Prep
• Personal Author:
  Clark-Ginsberg, Aaron ; Fisher, Holly ; Awan, Jalal ; Rico, Adriana ; Thomas, Tracy ; Rose, Dale ; Vagi, Sara ; Jenkins, Leecresia ; Nelson, Christopher
• Description:
  Objective:
  
  Effective incident management is essential for coordinating efforts of multiple disciplines and stakeholders when responding to emergencies, including public health disasters such as the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
  
  Methods:
  
  Existing research frameworks tend to focus on formal structures and doctrine (eg, ICS-NIMS); however, organizational processes that underlie incident management have not been systematically assessed and synthesized into a coherent conceptual framework.
  
  Results:
  
  The lack of a framework has hindered the development of measures of performance that could be used to further develop the evidence base and facilitate process improvement. To address this gap, we present a conceptual framework of incident management drawn from expert feedback and a review of literature on incident management and related fields. The framework features 23 measurement constructs grouped into 5 domains: (1) situational awareness and information sharing, (2) incident action and implementation planning, (3) resource management and mobilization, (4) coordination and collaboration, and (5) feedback and continuous quality improvement.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  As such, the article provides a first step toward the development of robust measures for assessing the performance and effectiveness of incident management systems.
  
  
• Subjects:
  COVID-19 Disaster Planning Emergencies Humans Pandemics Public Health
• Keywords:
  COVID-19 Pandemic Disaster Response Incident Management Performance Evaluation Public Health Emergency Preparedness
• Source:
  Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 17:e158
• Pubmed ID:
  35620929
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11360738
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; CC/CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  17
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8ccada3eb655c12d408f34e743dcf94f22e11783d013f8fd424467bb5a7a9d130a9517680f814e6e28a2a6a36fb8c85ddce526bbfa1e7fa6887c2297ffa1607d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/160690/cdc_160690_DS1.pdf
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