Hospitals and the novel H1N1 outbreak: The mouse that roared?

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL.2, 2009, Pages

  Hanfling, Dan ^a   Hick, John L ^b  

^a BETTY AND GUY BEATTY CENTER FOR INTEGRATED RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COMMUNICATION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INSERVICE TRAINING; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TRIAGE;

EID: 77649285144     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 193844X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181bf2483     Document Type: Note

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