Public Health Preparedness

1. Examine the existing procedures related to at least (4) of the ten (10) essential
public health services. Focus on the principal effects that these procedures will have on your hospital during the
emergency. 2. Specify the importance of continuing to evaluate patients, as stipulated by the emergency Medical
Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), during the emergency. 3. Detail three (3) measures that you would use in
order to maintain the electronic medical record system during the emergency. 4. Defend your position on the
decision to accept health insurance during the emergency as a potential source of income for the facility. Provide
support with at least (3) examples that illustrate your position. 5. Analyze the extent to which this emergency
might affect the quality of care provide to the patients and the unimpeded operation of the organization.