Introduction
Any healthcare facility is a complex structure, and centralized coordination of activities is essential to its operations on a daily basis. This is even more true when a disaster of any type occurs. Whether the event generates a surge in demand for services, disrupts supply chains, or forces the partial or full evacuation of the facility, strong central control is essential to the successful resolution of the incident. Municipalities, state and provincial, and federal governments understand this, and many have purpose-built facilities, or, at a minimum, a predetermined process for the assembly of such a facility, using a space which has been pre-identified and equipped in advance. Hospitals and healthcare ...
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