Public Health Practices

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

State / Territory:

Colorado

Reopening Shuttered Hospitals To Expand Surge Capacity (National)

Shuttered hospitals possess the structural attributes that may allow them to provide better care, as opposed to other proposed alternate care sites within a community. This lengthy guidance...

Providing Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources: A Community Planning Guide (National)

A robust and extensive guide describes mass casualty planning in the essential areas of emergency medical services, hospital/acute care, alternative care settings, palliative care, and legal/ethical...

Using Call Centers to Increase Surge Capacity: Projects HEALTH and HELP (CO)

The HEALTH model outlines the requirements, specifications, and resources needed for developing a public health emergency contact center. The practice takes advantage of existing poison control...