TY - JOUR
T1 - Definition and functions of health unified command and emergency operations centers for large-scale bioevent disasters within the existing ICS.
AU - Burkle, Frederick M.
AU - Hsu, Edbert B.
AU - Loehr, Michael
AU - Christian, Michael D.
AU - Markenson, David
AU - Rubinson, Lewis
AU - Archer, Frank L.
PY - 2007/11
Y1 - 2007/11
N2 - The incident command system provides an organizational structure at the agency, discipline, or jurisdiction level for effectively coordinating response and recovery efforts during most conventional disasters. This structure does not have the capacity or capability to manage the complexities of a large-scale health-related disaster, especially a pandemic, in which unprecedented decisions at every level (eg, surveillance, triage protocols, surge capacity, isolation, quarantine, health care staffing, deployment) are necessary to investigate, control, and prevent transmission of disease. Emerging concepts supporting a unified decision-making, coordination, and resource management system through a health-specific emergency operations center are addressed and the potential structure, function, roles, and responsibilities are described, including comparisons across countries with similar incident command systems.
AB - The incident command system provides an organizational structure at the agency, discipline, or jurisdiction level for effectively coordinating response and recovery efforts during most conventional disasters. This structure does not have the capacity or capability to manage the complexities of a large-scale health-related disaster, especially a pandemic, in which unprecedented decisions at every level (eg, surveillance, triage protocols, surge capacity, isolation, quarantine, health care staffing, deployment) are necessary to investigate, control, and prevent transmission of disease. Emerging concepts supporting a unified decision-making, coordination, and resource management system through a health-specific emergency operations center are addressed and the potential structure, function, roles, and responsibilities are described, including comparisons across countries with similar incident command systems.
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U2 - 10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181583d66
DO - 10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181583d66
M3 - Article
C2 - 18388641
AN - SCOPUS:44449099839
VL - 1
SP - 135
EP - 141
JO - Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
JF - Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
SN - 1935-7893
IS - 2
ER -