A Framework for Healthcare Disaster Resilience: A View to the Future
2018
This report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security identifies policies for making the U.S. health sector more resilient to major disasters. Although the health sector has reasonable capacity to address small mass injuries or illness (e.g., tornadoes or small disease outbreaks), it is less prepared for large disasters or injury events (e.g., hurricanes and bombings), and poorly prepared for catastrophic disasters like pandemics and bioterrorism. To address these gaps, the authors recommend building a Culture of Resilience to nurture organizations traditionally uninvolved in public health preparedness; create geographically distributed, disaster resource hospitals that provide up-to-date training and expertise; support healthcare coalitions in preparedness work; and appoint a federal coordinator for catastrophic health preparedness.
A Framework for Healthcare Disaster Resilience: A View to the Future
Source:
Report. A Framework for Healthcare Disaster Resilience: A View to the Future. Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security 2018. https://centerforhealthsecurity.org/sites/default/files/2022-11/180222-framework-healthcare-disaster-resilience.pdf.