The events of September 11, 2001, served to crystallize a decade-longevolution of the role of hospitals in emergency preparednessand disaster management. The article by Schultz et al. in thisissue of the Journal (pages 1349–1355) emphasizes severalimportant lessons learned since the Northridge, California,earthquake. Although health care institutions have respondedto regional catastrophes for decades, hospitals have more typicallyresponded as individual institutions to local crises. Healthcare institutions must now learn to function as coordinatedcomponents of a regional response to crises that are more far-reaching.With this new role comes a host of issues, including . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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From New York Presbyterian Hospital–Healthcare System, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Weill Medical College of Cornell University — all in New York.
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