Hospital Preparedness Program and the CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) Emergency Preparedness Rule

National Library of Medicine [National Institutes of Health]. 03/08/2018 This 57-minute webinar from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) provides an overview of Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP), a review of resources from Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) to support health care preparedness and response, and a discussion of the impact and opportunities that the new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Emergency Preparedness Rule offers health care coalitions. It discusses how the HPP evolved from a focus on facility-based equipment to a health care preparedness and response capabilities-based approach. (Video or Multimedia)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - March 21, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news