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Stanford University

Healthcare Risk Management: Planning, Response, and Recovery

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Overview

Healthcare systems globally have buckled under the pressure of recent crises. Whether the next emergency is a natural disaster, human-caused event, infrastructure failure, terrorist attack, or pandemic, the need for effective crisis management in this sector has never been more apparent.

Gain the tools to prepare your organization for future crises in the Healthcare Risk Management: Planning, Response, and Recovery program from the Stanford Center for Health Education (SCHE). Through scenario-based learning, you’ll develop practical skills in healthcare crisis management. In doing so, you’ll learn to identify and address the steps you can take in the disaster management cycle, from preparedness through response and mitigation to recovery. Guided by experts in the field, you’ll explore the role of a crisis response team in disaster management and create strategies to build organizational and workforce resilience.

Syllabus

Courses under this program:
Course 1: Healthcare and Crisis Preparation

Discover the role the crisis response team plays in disaster management in this course from the Stanford Center for Health Education.



Course 2: Risk Management and Crisis Responses in Healthcare

Discover the value of planning for a crisis, and the significance of emergency exercises for effective disaster management in this course from the Stanford Center for Health Education.



Course 3: Leadership and Resilience in Healthcare Risk Management

Learn how effective leadership positively influences the crisis management process, and how you, as a leader, can implement resiliency techniques for your organization in this course from the Stanford Center for Health Education.



Courses

Taught by

Dr. Matthew Strehlow and Dr. M. Meredith Masters

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