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HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has a number of tools and resources that can be used now during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita response and recovery efforts. These tools and resources include:
This tool contains hospital bed definitions that can provide uniform terminology for organizations tracking the availability of beds in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
This computer model can help hospitals and health systems plan antibiotic dispensing and vaccination campaigns to respond to large-scale natural disease outbreaks and localized episodes such as those in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
This tool allows local or regional planners to assemble an inventory of critical resources such as equipment, personnel, and supplies that are useful in responding to public health disasters such as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
This tool is to help State and local officials quickly locate alternate health care sites if hospitals are overwhelmed by patients due to a public health emergency such as a bioterrorist attack but can also be used in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
This tool is designed to help planners develop a public health emergency contact center that is highly integrated with public health agencies.
This report, from an expert panel convened in August 2004 by AHRQ and HHS' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness, notes that it is critical to adjust current heath and medical care standards to ensure that the care provided in a mass casualty event results in saving as many lives as possible.
Additional AHRQ tools and resources on emergency preparedness, planning, and response:
