Two new resources from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality can help emergency planners and responders ensure that community-dwelling patients receive appropriate care during a mass casualty event (MCE).
Community-dwelling patients with daily health care needs may not be directly affected by a mass casualty event but if that event disrupts their usual care routine, they may still be at risk. Lacking a usual source of care, these patients are more likely to seek care at hospitals already overburdened with mass casualties.
The "Home Health Patient Assessment Tool: Preparing for Emergency Triage," reviews existing patient categorization tools and presents a new model patient risk assessment tool. The new tool will allow home care agencies, hospitals, and emergency planners to anticipate the needs of community-dwelling patients and assess who might be most at risk of hospitalization if their traditional home support services are disrupted during an emergency. Access the report tool at: http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/homehealth/.
The compendium of resources available in "Data Sources for the At-Risk Community-Dwelling Patient Population," provides a summary of each data resource, including its strengths and limitations for estimating the numbers of community-dwelling patients at risk during an MCE, as well as any areas of overlap with other data resources. Read the report at: http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/atrisk/.
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Home Health Patient Assessment Tools: Preparing for Emergency Triage
Data Sources for the At-Risk Community-Dwelling Patient Population
Data Sources for the At-Risk Community-Dwelling Patient Population
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