title: Are you ready for disaster? Pandemic flu, monster hurricanes, bioterrorism--how to prepare your practice for the unthinkable.
abstract: Unthinkable disasters are no longer unthinkable. Yet almost half of medical group practices--43 percent--lack a formal emergency plan. If that doesn't get your attention, this might: 82 percent of surveyed medical group practices believe that emergency preparation is the administrator's job. Here's how to get started.
authors.affiliation: cpope@mgma.com
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pope
mesh_terms: D023482:Bioterrorism; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004190:Disasters; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008486:Physician Executives; D010819:Physician's Role; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States