Pandemic Planning on the Community Level

Public health emergencies are of concern to all hospitals. This new web site on pandemic planning has gathered various community- level plans for dealing with disasters. Users can search by state or by categories to see how other communities have planned to deal with various aspects of pandemics--from triaging patient or working with the community. Training and exercises and other facets of plans are among the topics covered. Each plan has several parts as well as comments from reviewers. This is a great resource for comparing preparation plans or fine tuning practices already on the books.