Organizational Structure

Emergency and disaster preparedness are topics of increasing importance to all healthcare organizations. A midsize hospital along Florida’s Atlantic cost wants to establish a comprehensive plan for responding to natural disasters and other major emergencies within its organization, as well as within surrounding communities, the state of Florida, and the Atlantic coast.

• What internal constituents need to be involved?
• What external organizations/agencies should be involved?
• How should the hospital organize all the various internal and/or external parties into teams?
• What sorts of team structures should the hospital put in place to achieve these goals?
• Remember, they need to organize themselves (internal) AND develop a structure to coordinate with the community (internal with external)!