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The healthcare system and its many key components (public and private hospitals, medical supplies & equipment, pharmaceuticals, medical practitioners, healthcare professionals, and support staff) represent one of the most multi-disciplinary information producing and information demanding environments in the world. Because of events like Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and other devastating events, there is considerable and well-justified concern over the capacity of the hospital community and even the Federal Government to respond to the unexpected impact of large-scale traumas and/or contagious disease outbreaks and epidemics. Get this free white paper to read why mass casualty and other public health emergencies create a demand for information within hospitals, between hospitals, between hospitals and local incident command centers, and between local, statewide and multi-state incident command centers and agencies. |
