PUBLIC HEALTH ARCHIVES
Meeting the Challenge: Public Health Emergencies & the Special Needs Populations
Bruce Clements
May 26, 2010
Dealing with earthquakes, hurricanes, and/or terrorist attacks is difficult enough for first responders as well as emergency managers. Add to that, though, the need to protect, provide medical care for, and/or possibly transport people suffering from various medical problems makes the challenge exponentially more difficult. Once again, advance planning and
Preparing for Unexpected Hospital Surges
Jennifer Smither
May 26, 2010
Some of the best “solutions” create other problems, as Canada found out during the 2003 SARS outbreak. Once again, the best way to avoid such secondary problems is through advance planning, plus training and exercises, with all stakeholders involved every step of the way.
Hospital Surge Capacity – A Moving Target
Theodore Tully
May 26, 2010
The emergency rooms of most U.S. hospitals are often overcrowded even on a supposedly “slow” day. A mass-casualty incident makes the situation exponentially worse, creating a simultaneous demand for additional space, a larger staff, and more medical supplies. The last resort is usually the use of an alternate-care site –
Leadership and Stewardship in Microeconomic Decision-Making
Dennis R. Schrader
May 19, 2010
Protection of the nation’s “critical infrastructure” has long been one of the highest priorities of senior officials at all levels of government. After 9/11, response and recovery started to receive equal billing. Now comes belated recognition that “resilience” also is needed – and should be built into construction projects at
Electronic Medical Records – Potential Benefits of a ‘Health Cloud’
Rodrigo (Roddy) Moscoso
May 19, 2010
The 21st-century world of high-tech communications – ranging from the transmission of classified information to social texting and junk mail – has not yet, partly because of privacy concerns, significantly improved the forwarding of medical records. What can and should be done about this?
DHR, MEMA, the LEMs & Maryland’s WST Example
Pamela Spring and Rainier C. Harvey, Sr.
May 12, 2010
The 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama was a truly historic event in many ways – and for many reasons, not least of which is that it provided a “golden standard” opportunity for the State of Maryland and its National Capital Region partners to use, validate, and learn from a
Your Thoughts Compared with DomPrep40’s National Experts on…Mass-Casualty Preparedness &Response
W. Craig Vanderwagen and John F. Morton
May 12, 2010
Are U.S. hospitals currently prepared to deal with the aftermath of a nuclear explosion – or any other mass-casualty incident? Not yet, according to the DP40 panel of experts. Reader opinions are hereby requested.
Hospital Expansion Through Alternate Care Sites
Joseph Cahill
May 5, 2010
At a time in U.S. history when mass-casualty events are not only more frequent but also much better publicized, the numerous public and private-sector agencies involved are, correctly, focusing greater attention on their own preparedness to cope with such “when, not if” situations. Hospitals, for example, many of which are
FINAL REPORT: Pandemic Preparedness & Response
Paul E. Jarris and John F. Morton
April 30, 2010
The DP40 and DomPrep readers access the nation’s “Pandemic Preparedness & Response” capabilities and deficiencies.
A Mall Setting in Georgia for H1N1 Vaccinations
Elizabeth Hausauer and Connie Russell
April 28, 2010
Advance planning, a can-do spirit of cooperation, a focus on the small details, and excellent communications skills – all were essential ingredients in Georgia’s eminently successful campaign to protect the citizens of that great state from the global flu pandemic.
Law Enforcement Pandemic Resilience: Time to Recalibrate
Joseph W. Trindal
April 28, 2010
The global-disaster scenario originally forecast fell far short of the dire predictions. Which is a good reason to celebrate. But not a reason to stop planning and preparing for “what might have been.” Hurricane Katrina taught many lessons worth learning, the most important of which is that states, communities, and
Using Regulations to Neutralize Red Tape
Joseph Cahill
April 21, 2010
In times of urgent need, a “probably acceptable” solution is almost always better than one that is demonstrably not very effective and/or has failed in the past. That is the common-sense understanding reflected in the Emergency Use Authorization rule that permits the FDA to approve apparently effective – but not
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