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Emergency preparedness drills are required annually under the new CMS Emergency Preparedness Guidelines. All hospitals and healthcare facilities are expected to be in compliance by November 2017.

In this White Paper, Dr. Goldman will walk you through key elements of a Table Top Drill for a medical facility. 

The following topics will be addressed in this paper:

  • Introduction

  • Some best practices for tabletop drills

  • Drill objectives

  • The drill evaluation

  • Drill walk-through

  • Final thoughts

White Paper: Walk-through of a Table Top Drill

written by Dr. Steven Goldman, MIT

Dr. Steven Goldman, Ed.D. is a Senior Lecturer at MIT's "Crisis Management & Business Continuity" professional education course. He has over 30 years' experience specializing in creating and conducting realistic drills and exercises. He has worked as a consultant on crisis management, business continuity, and crisis communications at Steve Goldman Associates for the past 14 years.