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. 2024 Jun 18;48(1):62. doi: 10.1007/s10916-024-02071-1

Table 2.

Coverage of risk hierarchy levels (leaving apart the lowest level, work) in the 73 papers reviewed, showing type of command center and command centre focus for patient management and patient flow. HoCC = hospital command centre, ICC = incident command center. BAU = business as usual, MCM = mass casualty management, ER = emergency response, SM = surge management. Note that within a HoCC category, a single paper many cover one or more risk management framework levels

Risk management framework level Business As Usual Mass Casualty Management Emergency Response Surge Management
PHYSICAL (52 papers) 19 (37%) 14 (27%) 9 (17%) 10 (19%)
HoCC (37 papers) 19 (51%) 4 (11%) 7 (19%) 8 (19%)
Government 3 [112-114] 4 [61, 62, 68, 72] 5 [10, 59, 97, 98, 115] 4 [49, 50, 52, 69]
Regulators/Associations 4 [9, 94, 112, 113] 4 [61, 62, 68, 72] 3 [10, 59, 115] 6 [49, 50, 52, 54, 55, 69]
Company/Hospital System 6 [40, 41, 113, 114, 116, 117] 4 [61, 62, 68, 72] 7 [10, 59, 70, 97-99, 115] 2 [49, 50]
Management 12 [9, 23, 40, 41, 43, 45, 47, 91, 112-114, 117] 4 [61, 62, 68, 72] 4 [59, 70, 99, 115] 3 [52, 54, 69]
Staff/Units 16 [9, 11, 16, 23, 40-45, 47, 91, 94, 114, 116,118] 1 [68] 5 [59, 70, 97, 98, 115] 4 [49, 55, 58, 69]
ICC (15 papers) 0 (0%) 10 (67%) 2 (13%) 3 (20%)-
Government - 5 [63, 66, 67, 95, 119] 1 [74] 1 [75]
Regulators/Associations - 7 [63, 64, 66, 67, 95, 96, 119] 2 [73, 74] 2 [56, 75]
Company/Hospital System - 9 [60, 63-67, 71, 95, 96] 2 [73, 74] 2 [56, 75]
Management - 9 [63-67, 71, 95, 96, 119] 2 [73, 74] 2 [56, 75]
Staff/Units - 7 [63, 64, 66, 67, 71, 95, 119] 1 [74] 2 [56, 57]
VIRTUAL (21 papers) 16 (76%) 0 (0%) 4 (19%) 1 (5%)
Government 1 [48] - - -
Regulators/Associations 1 [93] - 2 [77, 80] -
Company/Hospital System 6 [48, 76, 81, 83, 84, 89] - 2 [77, 78] -
Management 12 [76, 81-84, 87-90, 92, 93, 120] - 1 [78] 1 [51]
Staff/Units 10 [48, 76, 81, 85, 86, 89, 90, 92, 93, 121] - 4 [77-80] 1 [51]
TOTAL PAPERS (73) 35 (48%) 14 (19%) 13 (18%) 11 (15%)