title: Disaster preparedness: when your community needs you most.
abstract: When disaster strikes, the community first turns to its local hospital for help. Make sure your board and hospital leadership have thought through potential disaster scenarios and have a range of most-needed response plans in place.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meyers
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D014481:United States