Service Networks for Public Health and Medical Preparedness: Medical Countermeasures Dispensing and Large-Scale Disaster Relief Efforts

Eva K. Lee (), Ferdinand Pietz and Bernard Benecke
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Eva K. Lee: Georgia Institute of Technology
Ferdinand Pietz: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Bernard Benecke: Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Chapter Chapter 8 in Handbook of Operations Research for Homeland Security, 2013, pp 167-196 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract A catastrophic health event, such as a terrorist attack with a biological agent, a naturally occurring pandemic, or a calamitous meteorological or geological event, could cause tens or hundreds of thousands of casualties, weaken the economy, damage public morale and confidence, create panic and civil unrest, and threaten national security. It is therefore critical to establish a strategic vision that will enable a level of public health and medical preparedness sufficient to address a range of possible disasters. Planning for a catastrophe involving a disease outbreak or mass casualties is an ongoing challenge for first responders and emergency managers. They must make critical decisions on treatment distribution points, staffing levels, impacted populations and potential impact in a compressed window of time when seconds could mean life or death. Some of the key areas of public health and medical preparedness include medical surge, population protection, communication infrastructure, and emergency evacuation. This chapter highlights our own experience on projects with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and various public health jurisdictions in emergency response and medical preparedness for mass dispensing for disease prevention and treatment and large-scale disaster relief efforts.

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Emergency Response; Facility Location Problem; Medical Preparedness; Public Health Emergency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5278-2_8

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