Jan 9, 2023 · Like Jerold Phelps Community Hospital, two-thirds of California hospitals have yet to meet the looming state seismic deadline that requires hospital buildings to be updated to ensure they can keep operating after an earthquake.

Under existing seismic safety standards, all hospital buildings providing acute care services are required to be fully functional to provide care following an earthquake by January 1, 2030. However, as of 2022, most hospitals do not fully meet …

Earthquakes are one of the most serious natural haz-ards to which healthcare organizations may be ex-posed. Although hospital administrators face a variety of risks to occupant safety and operations that may appear more immediate, the consequences of earth …

Aug 20, 2019 · In July 2019, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck a sparsely populated region in Southern California. For teaching hospitals racing to meet seismic safety regulations in 2020 and 2030, it was a stark reminder that it’s not a matter of if “The Big One” will strike, but when.

Aug 28, 2020 · Here, we present a methodology to evaluate emergency response based on a model that assesses the loss of hospital functions and quantifies multiseverity injuries as a result of earthquake...

Oct 9, 2024 · More than half of the 410 hospitals in California have at least one building that probably wouldn’t be able to operate after a major earthquake hit their region, and with many institutions ...

In 2001, there were 1027 hospitals categorized as SPC-1; nearing the end of 2021, only 100 remain. Move the slider bar below from left to right to switch between seeing 2001 and 2021 hospitals. There has been an 90% reduction in hospitals designated at significant risk of collapse.

Patients and health care workers are safe — hospitals will stand after an earthquake. • Right now, hospitals have already met a 2020 state standard and are among the safest buildings in California.

Hospital Seismic Safety (AB 1882) AB 1882 seeks to raise awareness of a hospital’s seismic compliance through public notices, hospital campus postings, and annual status updates.

Aug 28, 2020 · This study demonstrates how emergency plans that leverage hospital-system coordination can address this demand-capacity mismatch, enabling effective patient transfers, ambulance usage, and deployment of emergency medical teams.