Are medical offices prepared for the next disaster?

Journal of Medical Practice Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-99

  Phillipp, Annette ^a   Stokes, Christopher D ^b   Tivis, Rick ^a   Gans, David ^c   Piland, Neill ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL GROUP MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c Health Care and Life Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency; Medical; Practices; Preparedness; System

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SECURITY; DISASTER PLANNING; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RELIEF WORK; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SECURITY; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDINGS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RELIEF WORK; SECURITY MEASURES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957304613     PISSN: 87550229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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