Letter/Comment
Emergency Readiness
Emergency Readiness: Lessons learned from the field: Integrated Community-wide Approaches
Lessons Learned
Integrated Community-wide Approaches
- , March 2005
Study by the RAND Corporation - , 2005
Case Example by the National Association of County & City Health Officials
This program is innovative in that it takes the President’s recommendation of a Medical Reserve Corps and realistically distributes authority and responsibility throughout the medical community to minimize demand on community hospitals, which are already operating at near capacity and unable to accept much additional surge capacity. - , 2005
Case Example by the National Association of County & City Health Officials
The Healthcare Emergency Response Coalition of Palm Beach County (HERC) is a Coalition of representatives from the Health Department, Emergency Management, Fire Rescue, Sheriff, Red Cross, and area hospitals that have come together to work to prepare the community to respond to a public health emergency or disaster events including terrorist attacks. - , 2005
Case Example by the National Association of County & City Health Officials
Marion City and County Health Departments have established a Mass Vaccination/Prophylaxis Clinic (MVPC) - , March 2003
By the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
This white paper details recommendations for creating and sustaining community-wide emergency preparedness systems. - , August 21, 2000
Mountain-Valley EMS Agency (California)
Final Report of a project to develop disaster medical system standards to assist local EMS agencies in the development of local response plans. - , June 1999
Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System
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