Friday, May 18, 2012

FierceHealthcare: Joplin hospitals share lessons on disaster planning

Karen M. Cheung, May 16, 2012

Hospitals in Missouri coped well with natural disasters last year after a blizzard and floods in January 2011, but they were not as prepared for the overwhelming patient surge from the EF-5 tornado that wiped out Joplin in May, according to a Missouri Hospital Association report.

As one of the deadliest tornados in American history, the tornado caused 161 fatalities and approximately 1,371 injuries.

Read more here.

2 comments:

dany chandra said...

Very nice post i like this...
Hospital credentialing services

Jeny said...

This is a very informative post........Hospital credentialing