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Hospital and Healthcare
System Preparedness Overview
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healthcare system partners play a key role in the event of a disaster or
health emergency and are crucial to ensure the health and safety of everyone
in the community. Statewide, they are partners in response to disasters and
public health preparedness. The ongoing threat and occurrence of both
natural and man-made events continues to reinforce the need to increase our
capacity to respond. The community depends on our healthcare system to be
prepared to deal with all types of events that can impact its citizens.
Hospitals need to be prepared to respond to both traditional disaster
threats and potential terrorist attacks, including the use of chemical,
biological, radiological/nuclear weapons or explosives. Hospital emergency
preparedness is a priority! The resources
provided in this section will help all health care providers and hospital
emergency personnel plan, prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural
or man-made disasters and other public health emergencies.
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What's New!
April 22, 2012 -
Healthcare System Webinars page - this page has been developed to advertise
upcoming webinars and to provide a link to information about past webinars
including slide sets, recordings, and handouts
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Preparedness Tools |
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areas of interest including Catastrophic Planning, Discharge Planning,
Hospital Surge, Mass Casualty, and Pediatric Preparedness |
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Hospital Contracts |
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| Link to the Florida
Department of Health Hospital Contracts page. This site contains information
on Hospital Preparedness Program Contracts including contact information,
templates, and news. |
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Preparedness Partners |
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| Links to organizations and
State-Federal agencies who provide preparedness and response information for healthcare
systems |
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Resources |
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| Provides a comprehensive
list of Training and Exercise resources |
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Reports and Publications |
| Provides links to reports
such as the mid-year and end-of-year hospital survey reports and annual
hospital performance reports. |
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"Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not
want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request,
do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by
phone or in writing."- Fla. Stat. sec. 668.6076 |
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| Contact Us |
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| Send us an email with your
questions or comments. |
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Are you ready? Hurricane Season begins June 1.
Visit www.FloridaDisaster.org
for more information for hospitals and staff on creating a disaster
business plan and personal family plans. |
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| Resources are provided for information only. The
inclusion of sites outside the Florida Department of Health does not
constitute endorsement by the Florida Department of Health. The department
is not responsible for content on any linked website. |
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