Disasters and public health emergencies can stress health care systems to the breaking point and disrupt delivery of vital medical services. During such crises,

During a wide-reaching catastrophic public health emergency or disaster, existing surge capacity plans may not be sufficient to enable health care providers to

Catastrophic disasters occurring in 2011 in the United States and worldwide-from the tornado in Joplin, Missouri, to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, to the

Former Senate Majority Leader Daschle presents this hard-hitting policy guideto reforming Americas broken healthcare system.

This book addresses the challenges that healthcare organizations experience when attempting to manage the emergence of troublesome events or crises. It illustra