Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Emergency Management, Healthcare and Public Health

A main repository with two backup computer servers for all citizens as patients in the US could be very helpful - for all their medical data. This repository could be organized by age group and geographical location. That way access to this repository would not be on a distributed system which might not be solid and reliable. Distributed systems in healthcare need to be handled with a lot of care, because you don't want ...more »

I have an idea for managing healthcare and public health. It's a human resource management idea. Here's what I think. FEMA should make an inventory of all public health employees and assign to each a set of responsibilities which would match the needs in public health emergencies, with healthcare workers' expertise. For instance, depending on the severity of a healthcare situation, it need not be dispatched to a doctor ...more »

Develop and implement a standard protocol for electronic and hard copy document storage based on standard components of the PA program for use at all field offices. Deploy an archivist at the onset of a declared event to set up network files for electronic data storage and physical file storage areas for critical hard-copy documents. With the inevitable turnover of response/recovery personnel, being able to quickly access ...more »

I have created an Emergency Repsonse Plan for the State of New Mexico. It has been used with complete success. Most State, County, City or Municipal buildings do not have such a plan in place for its employees and customers. The plan covers the following and more. 1. Purpose of the Emergency Response Plan: 2. Emergency Numbers 3. Incident Command Matrix 4. Evacuation for People with Disabilities 4.1. First Responder ...more »