Healthcare Management

Medical Surge Capacity

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In June 2009 the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM’s) Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events held a workshop with the goal of convening many of the best minds in health preparedness for a wide-ranging update on preparations for a major public health threat. For the health community, a primary issue at hand before and during a catastrophic incident is how to provide care to thousands or tens of thousands of individuals through a health system that will go beyond capacity. Much work on this subject has been done, but responses to incidents continue to show that gaps in the system remain and further refinement is required. Some of the work is as simple as creating common language: defining medical surge capacity, and creating standards and metrics to guide planning so that the highest priority requirements can be addressed in a timely manner. Some of the work is blisteringly complex, such as developing data systems that reach across the boundaries of states and regions, public and private healthcare systems, and out- side the healthcare environment into the work of emergency management organizations.

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: ., 2010

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1-177

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English

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978-0-309-14674-6

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Medical Surge Capacity

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