This page was reviewed and updated on February 7, 2012.

Healthcare System Preparedness

Healthcare system preparedness ensures that there is capacity and capability for provision of critical public health and medical services in order to reduce the potential for adverse health outcomes during an event.

• Alternate Medical Treatment Site Plan (pdf 1.53mb/106 pages)



• Behavioral Health



• County Health Departments website lists all county health departments.
  • 2010 CHD Preparedness Expectations Report

• Critical Infrastructure



• EM Systems project establishes an interoperable, secure, information sharing solution that connects the healthcare system both horizontally and vertically to the established Tiered Emergency Response System and covers at least 90% of the state's population.



• Environmental Health



• Epidemiology



• Fatality Management



• FDOH Emergency Notification System (FDENS)



• Florida Health Care Association Emergency Preparedness



• Florida Hospital Association



• Florida Poison Information Center Network



• Health Alert Network



• Hospital Contracts



• Hospital Preparedness



• Long Term, Acute, and Chronic Care Preparedness



• NACCHO



• Pandemic Influenza: Triage and Scarce Resource Allocation Guidelines



• Patient Tracking Solution Project



• Pharmacy



• Pre-hospital Preparedness (pdf 410kb/27 pages)



• Project Public Health Ready



• Public Health Preparedness



• Public Health Laboratories