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1 Introduction and Overview
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... . To identify and understand approaches to aligning health care system incentives with the American public's need for a health care system that is prepared to manage acutely ill and injured patients during a disaster, public health emergency, or other mass casualty event, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a 2-day public workshop on March 20 and 21, 2018.
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... ; • Explore possible strategies to overcome key challenges to applying existing incentives to improve the quality, effectiveness, and ef ficiency of the management of critically ill and injured patients on a day-to-day basis and during emergency response scenarios; • Review possible key sources of information and data elements that could be used to improve situational awareness of public- and private-sector health care facility capacity and capabilities to re spond to disasters and public health emergencies; and • Understand the degree to which Department of Defense (DoD) or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
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... " The 2017 hurricane season, with three significant hurricanes in a 4-week period, tested the nation's emergency response and health care system capacity. Yeskey noted that HHS can call on the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)
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... In September 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule to establish consistent emergency preparedness requirements for health care providers participating in Medicare and Medicaid, increase patient safety during emergencies, and establish a more coordinated response to natural and human-made disasters.3 ASPR's Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)
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... Chapter 4 recounts small-group discussions about ASPR's new vision for a regional disaster health response system. Chapter 5 takes up the subject of how to cultivate best practices in disaster response at both the ground level and across the entire health care enterprise.
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... In accordance with the policies of the National Academies, the workshop did not attempt to establish any conclusions or recommendations about needs and future directions, focusing instead on issues identified by the speakers and workshop participants. In addition, the organizing committee's role was limited to planning the workshop.


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