Hot Topics at the Intersection of Public Health and Health Care, Part I: Outbreak, Disaster, or Other Emergency: Is Your Health Care Client Prepared?

American Health Lawyers Association. 09/12/2017 This one-hour, 20-minute webinar describes how hospitals and other health care organizations can prepare for outbreaks and disaster situations inside and outside of the health care setting. Speakers discuss ways to utilize legal assessment, employee training, and professional agreements, such as memoranda of understanding, to prepare health care organizations to properly respond to emergency situations. They also provide lessons learned from Ebola and active shooter incident scenarios. (Video or Multimedia) Site requires free registration.

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - October 20, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news