Emergency Preparedness and the Development of Health Care Coalitions: A Dynamic Process

Health care emergency preparedness has undergone significant changes since the first widespread distribution of federal funds occurred in 2002. Prior to the development of the Health Resources and Service Administration Bioterrorism Preparedness grant, support to hospitals and public health was limi...

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Published inThe Nursing clinics of North America Vol. 51; no. 4; p. 545
Main Author Kim, Deborah H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.12.2016
Subjects
Cooperative Behavior
Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
Disaster Medicine - organization & administration
Disaster Planning - methods
Government Agencies
Health Care Coalitions - organization & administration
Health Resources - organization & administration
Humans
United States
Emergency preparedness
Health care coalition
Patient surge
Resilience
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Summary:Health care emergency preparedness has undergone significant changes since the first widespread distribution of federal funds occurred in 2002. Prior to the development of the Health Resources and Service Administration Bioterrorism Preparedness grant, support to hospitals and public health was limited to smaller regional preparedness programs such as the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program. Measurable progress with both the hospital preparedness program and public health emergency preparedness requires development of partnerships, establishment of coalitions, development of measurable objectives, and a community willingness to work together to solve complex preparedness problems.
ISSN:1558-1357
DOI:10.1016/j.cnur.2016.07.013