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Preparing Your Office Practice for Disaster and Emergency Events
Idaho Bioterrorism Awareness and Preparedness Program (IBAPP)Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)
July 22, 2008
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Federal and Community Agencies Providing Emergency Assistance
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Federal and Community Agencies Providing Emergency Assistance
• The emergency preparedness system is fragmented with overlapping responsibilities at federal, state, and local government level as well as multiple private organizations having stakeholder interests
• Tip O’Neal described, “All politics are local.” The same is true for emergency assistance
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FEDERAL GUIDANCE TO IMPROVE STATE-LEVEL PANDEMIC INFLUENZA OPERATING PLANS
Presented to the American States, Territories and District of Columbia
By U. S. GOVERNMENT
March 11, 2008
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State Guidance
States should plan and develop pandemic influenza plans with local, regional, State, and federal partners. Planning should include, but is not limited to the following:
Form community-wide coalitions to include hospitals, urgent care facilities, other ambulatory care facilities, public health, long term care facilities, nursing homes, home health care agencies, community health centers, primary care offices, mental health and substance abuse treatment facilities, EMS, and other first responders to accommodate surge in patients expected from pandemic influenza.
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Idaho Bureau of Homeland Secruitywww.bhs.idaho.gov/index.htm
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)www.fema.gov
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)http://emergency.cdc.gov
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American Red Cross Disaster Serviceswww.redcross.org/services/disaster
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Small Business AdministrationDisaster Assistancewww.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance/index.html
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IBHS Information for Businesswww.ibhs.org/ibhs2
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Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR)www.esgr.org
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David N. Gans, FACMPEVice President, Practice Management Resources
Medical Group Management Association104 Inverness Terrace East, Englewood, CO 80112
877.275.6462 ext. [email protected]