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The Incident Management Measurement Tool (IMMT): A Tool for Measuring Public Health Incident Management During and
Vanessa Parks1, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg2, Jalal Awan3
1RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Objectives:
Risks and priorities change during the management of public health incidents. Here we describe a new tool, the Incident Management Measurement Tool (IMMT), that can be used to inform midcourse corrections during public health emergencies and realistic exercises.
Methods:
We developed the IMMT through a literature review and subject matter expert interviews. We field tested the tool in 23 incidents ranging in size, duration, and complexity, making changes based on user feedback.
Results:
The IMMT consists of 2 modular data collection methods, a survey of the incident management team and a protocol for a peer assessor. Pilot testing suggested that the tool is valid, reliable, feasible, and useful.
Conclusions:
Measurement of public health incident management is feasible and may be useful for improving response times and outcomes. Moreover, a limited set of standard measures is relevant to a wide range of incident response contexts.
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